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28/11/22 05:25 AM IST

India-Australia military exercise Austra Hind 2022

In News 
  • The Austra Hind 22 exercise commenced recently in Rajasthan.
  • It is being held after the 26th edition of the quadrilateral maritime drill Exercise Malabar was concluded off the coast of Japan in early November 2022.
Austra Hind 2022 
  • The Austra Hind 22 is a bilateral training exercise between the Indian Army and the Australian Army.
  • The Australian Army is represented by soldiers from the 13th Brigade of the 2nd Division.
  • The Indian side is represented by the troops belonging to the Dogra Regiment.
  • This is the inaugural edition of the Austra Hind series. This joint exercise will involve all arms and services contingents of both countries’ armies. It will be hosted alternatively by India and Australia.
Significance 
  • The objective of the Austra Hind series is to build positive military relations between India and Australia. It enables both the Indian Army and the Australian Army to share each other’s best practices.
  • It also seeks to promote interoperability between them while undertaking multi-domain operations in semi-desert terrain under the UN peace enforcement mandate.
  • The joint exercise enables the armies of India and Australia to share best practices in tactics, techniques and procedures to conduct tactical operations at the company and platoon levels for neutralizing hostile threats.
Source- AIR 

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