Thursday, August 2, 2012

Armies of India, Russia to hold joint counter-terror exercise

Armies of India and Russia will hold their first joint counter-terrorism war games involving tanks and armoured fighting vehicles  close to Moscow's boundary with China and Mongolia from August 7.
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The fourth round of army-to-army exercise between the two Armies will involve over 250 troops from both sides and will be conducted at a training range in Republic of Buryatia in South East of Russia, Army officials said in New Delhi.
The exercise aims at carrying out counter-terrorism operations by mechanised heavy combat group under UN mandate, they said.
The exercise will help prepare forces of both the countries for anti-terrorist operations to eliminate terrorist groups and also to conduct recce and search actions and isolation of terrorist groups, officials said.
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The Indian contingent is headed by Additional Director General (Mechanised Forces) Maj Gen R S Chand and includes troops from 14 Mechanised Infantry, 16 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles and troops from Parachute Regiment, Artillery and the Army Medical Corps, they said.


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