Thursday, June 13, 2013

Indo-Russian INDRA 2013 military exercise will take place in October 2013

Indo-Russian INDRA 2013 military exercise is scheduled to take place in October 2013 at Mahajan field firing range of Rajasthan in India.

The joint Military exercise will involve over 250 servicemen from the Eastern Military District and the same number of troops will be involved from the Indian armed forces. Around 250 Russian servicemen from the Eastern Military District are already set to join Russo-Indian joint ground and naval drills at Indra-2013.

There will be a practice of joint planning and execution of anti-terrorist missions and leading intelligence activities by the serviceman.

In year 2012, The Indo-Russian Joint Military Exercise Indra 2012 was held from August 7-16, at Burduny training range in the Siberian republic of Buryatia in Russia and had involved over 500 servicemen and 50 Russian combat vehicles. Over 250 Indian Army personnel and a equal number of Russian Army personnel participated in the exercise, which involved joint battle reconnaissance and simulated destruction of an illegal armed force.

It is worth mentioning here that that the two countries have already conducted six Indra-series joint drills since 2003.

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