Joint Military Exercise Of India : Bilateral, Multilateral And Questions On Military Exercises For Exam

Published: Wednesday, July 13, 2022, 23:29 [IST]

The topic of Joint Military exercise is important as questions from this section are often asked in General Studies paper 2 and General Studies paper 3 in UPSC. Also knowledge of Military exercises is essential for students who are going to appear in examinations like SSC, CDS and NDA. So in this article you will learn about different joint military exercises of India with other Countries and some Questions based on it.

Indian Armed Force with over 1.4 million active personnel is the world's Second Largest Military Force with world's largest Volunteer Army. As per the ratings of Global Firepower Index Indian Military stands at 4th among 140 countries. The U.S army is First on the leaderboard, followed by Russia and China.

Joint Military Exercise

Indian armed forces being the 4th supreme Armies in the world conducts various military exercises with other nations during a year. Joint Military Exercise stands for an exercise with one or more nations with the purpose of signalling to the third nation how strong we are in our defence sector and at the time of crisis how well the things will be managed. However these are conducted to fulfil the diplomatic objectives to create good International Relations with Foreign countries, they also promote brotherhood and camaraderie between the soldiers.

Types of Joint Military Exercises

Joint Military Exercises are of 3 types.

Domestic Military Exercise : Conducted at Intra-national Level for security purposes. Ex: Gandiv Vijay, Vayu Shakti, Vijay Prahar, Paschim Lehar,
Bilateral Military Exercise : This is conducted between two Nations.
Multilateral Military Exercise : When more than 2 or 3 nations are involved in the exercise, it is known as Multilateral Military Exercise.

Questions On Military Exercises

Which Military Exercise is conducted between India and Bangladesh?

Exercise SAMPRITI is joint military cooperation between India and Bangladesh. Recently the 10th edition of SAMRITI was conducted from June 5 to 16, 2022.

Name the MIlitary Exercise between India and Japan?

Exercise Dharma Guardian is conducted between India-Japan. Recently the exercise was conducted at the Foreign Training Node in Belagavi in March 2022.

What is Konkan Shakti Exercise?

The Konkan Shakti is a bilateral joint military exercise between India and the U.K.

Name of military exercise between India and Singapore?

Exercise SIMBEX is conducted between India and Singapore.

What is the name of the annual Asia-Pacific Military exercise?

Cobra Gold is the largest annual Asia-Pacific Military exercise which is hosted by Thailand. It is a multilateral military exercise conducted among Thailand, the U.S. and 27 other countries.

List Of Bilateral Military Exercise

SAMPRITI	India-Bangladesh
MITRA SHAKTI	India-Sri Lanka
Maitree	India-Thailand
Vajra Prahar	India-U.S.
Yudha Abhyas	India-U.S.
Nomadic Elephant	India-Mangolia
Garuna-Shakti	India-Indonesia
Shakti Exercise	India-France
Dharma Guardian	India-Japan
Surya-Kiran	India-Nepal
Hand in Hand	India-China
SIMBEX	India-Singapore
CORPAT	India Thailand
Lamitiye	India-Seychelles

List Of Important Military Exercise

	A	B	C	D
1	Name of The Exercise	India With Country	Period	Place of Exercise
2	Al Nagah-III	Oman	12th March 2019 3rd Edition	Jabal AL Akhdar training camp, Oman
3	Bold Kurukshetra	Singapore	9th April 2019 12th Edition	Babina Military Station in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh
4	Ekuverin	Maldives	7th October 2019 10th Edition	Pune, Maharashtra
5	Garuda Shakti IV	Indonesia	19th February 2018 6th Edition	Bandung, Indonesia
6	Hand in Hand	China	7th December 2019 8th Edition	Umroi, Meghalaya
7	Indra	Russia	4th September 2020 11th Edition	Andaman Sea
8	Khanjar V	Kyrgyzstan	16th March 2019 5th Edition	Vairengte in Mizoram
9	Lamitye	Seychelles	2018 8th Edition	Mahe Island in Seychelles
10	Maitree	Thailand	16th September 2019 14th Edition	Umroi, Meghalaya
11	Mitra Shakti-VII	Sri Lanka	1st December 2019 7th Edition	Pune, Maharashtra
12	Multi-national FTX/Exercise Force Eighteen	18 ASEAN Plus countries	2nd March 2016	Pune, India
13	Nomadic Elephant	Mongolia	5th October 2019 14th Edition	Bakloh Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh
14	Prabal Dostyk	Kazakhstan	2nd November 2017 Second Edition	Himachal Pradesh
15	Sampriti-IX	Bangladesh	3rd February 2020 9th Edition	Umroi, Meghalaya
16	Surya Kiran XIV	Nepal	3rd December 2019 14th Edition	Saljhandi, Nepal
17	Yudh Abhyas	United States	8th February 2021 16th Edition	Rajasthan