Military exercise or war games is the technique of using military resources in training or performing drills of military operations, testing the quickness and real-time capabilities of warfare and adopting strategies without undergoing actual combat. The military exercise is a measure to test the performance of the armed forces without engaging in the battlefield.
Military Exercises are classified into the following types:
Bilateral Exercise
Multilateral Exercise
Domestic Exercise
Bilateral Exercises:
Bilateral Exercise is those exercise that is conducted between two countries. Below is a table that shows the list of bilateral exercise partnered with India.
S.NO | PARTNER NATION | INDIAN ARMY | INDIAN NAVY | INDIAN AIR FORCE |
1 | CHINA | HAND IN HAND | | |
2 | NEPAL | SURYA KIRAN | | |
3 | BANGLADESH | 1.Sampriti 2. Mainamati Maitree Exercise (BSF) | | |
4 | Sri Lanka | Mitra Shakti | SLINEX | |
5 | USA | Yudh Abhyas | | RED FLAG |
6 | USA | Vajra Prahar (Counter terrorism) | | Cope India |
7 | Myanmar | IMBAX | IMCOR | |
8 | Malaysia | HARIMAU SHAKTI | | |
9 | Indonesia | Garuda Shakti | IND-INDO CORPAT | |
10 | Vietnam | VINBAX | Sahyog HOPTAC | |
11 | Maldives | Ekuverin | | |
12 | Russia | INDRA | INDRA NAVY | AVIAINDRA |
13 | Oman | AL NAGAH | NASEEM-AL-BAHR | EASTERN BRIDGE |
14 | Japan | DHARMA GUARDIAN | | |
15 | Thailand | MAITREE/ COBRA GOLD (Observer Plus) | | SIAM BHARAT |
16 | UK | AJEYA WARRIOR | KONKAN | INDRADHANUSH |
17 | Kazakhstan | PRABAL DOSTYK | | |
18 | Mongolia | NOMADIC ELEPHANT/ KHAN QUEST | | |
19 | Seychelles | LAMITIYE | | |
20 | Singapore | BOLD KURUKSHETRA/ AGNI WARRIOR | SIMBEX | |
21 | Kyrgyzstan | KHANJAR | | |
22 | France | Shakti | VARUNA | GARUDA |
23 | UAE | | | DESERT EAGLE |
24 | AUSTRALIA | AUSTRA HIND | AUSINDEX/ KAKADU | |