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Indian, Russian forces to conduct joint exercise
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| 01 September 2005 |
Indian, Russian forces to conduct joint exercise
By Rahul Bedi
JDW Correspondent
New Delhi
Indian and Russian Special Forces will conduct their first-ever joint exercise in October, focusing on jointness in airborne anti-terrorist operations. The exercise will take place in western India's Rajasthan desert region.
Defence sources in New Delhi said the week-long manoeuvres, involving an airborne commando battalion from each side, will strive for "inter-operability" for possible future joint peacekeeping operations focused broadly on the volatile Central Asian Region.
Although Moscow is India's oldest and largest supplier of defence equipment, direct military interaction has been limited to just one round of naval manoeuvres in 2003. A second round of naval exercises is scheduled for October in the eastern Bay of Bengal in which a Russian Akula-class Type 971 nuclear powered submarine will take part.
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