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List of Joint Military Exercises of India 2021

(Updated)
As we all know that, In a Joint Military Exercise, country displays its Military strength be it through weapons or
through the showcase of soldiers training it is an important point of International Relations where the country
engages in Military Diplomacy in a show of strength. India over the many years has participated in Joint Military
Exercises with different countries across the world. Below table we share List of Joint Military Exercises of India
conducted in year 2021 (Updated till October 2021)-

Name of Exercise Participating Nations Conducted at

17th Edition of Ex Yudh Abhyas 2021 Indo-US Joint Base Elmendorf
Richardson, Alaska in
USA
EXERCISE AJEYA WARRIOR India-UK Chaubatia,
Uttarakhand
JIMEX-21 India-Japan Arabian Sea
AUSINDEX India and Australia Northern Australia
Exercise Area
‘Samudra Shakti’ Navies of India and Indonesia Sunda Strait, Indonesia
Mitra Shakti-21 India – Sri Lanka Combat Training
School, Ampara in Sri
Lanka
‘Surya Kiran’ India and Nepal Pithoragarh,
Uttarakhand
4th ‘AUSINDEX’ Indian Navy and the Royal North Australian
Australian Navy Exercise Area
‘SIMBEX-2021’ Singapore and India South China Sea
‘AL-MOHED AL-HINDI 2021’ India and Saudi Arabia Indian Navy and Royal
Saudi Naval Force
‘Zayed Talwar Exercise 2021’ Navies of India and UAE Abu Dhabi
36th CORPAT Exercise India and Indonesia Indian Ocean region
‘TTX-2021’ India, Sri Lanka and the Maritime Warfare
Maldives Centre, Mumbai
‘Samudra Setu-II’ Kolkata, Kochi, Talwar, Tabar, Indian Navy
Trikand, Jalashwa and Airavat
Varuna 2021 Indian and French Navy Arabian Sea
Shantir Ogroshena 2021 India and Bangladesh Bangladesh & The
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Vajra Prahar 2021 Indo-US
Passage Exercise (PASSEX) Indian Navy and the Indonesian
Navy
Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021 India, Iran, Russia & Chinese
navy
‘DUSTLIK II’ India and Uzbekistan
Exercise Desert Flag-VI United States (US), France,
South Korea, United Arab
Emirates, Saudi Arabia and
Bahrain. Greece, Jordan, Kuwait
and Egypt
‘PASSEX Exercise’ Indian and Indonesian
‘Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt Indian Navy joined Iran and
2021’ Russia
TROPEX-21 Indian Navy, Indian Army, Coast
Guard, and Indian Air Force
16th Yudh Abhyas India and the United States
AMPHEX – 21 Indian Army, Indian Navy and
Indian Air Force
Indo-French Joint Exercise Desert Indian Air Force and French Air
Knight-21 and Space Force
2nd Edition of ‘Sea Vigil-21’ Indian Navy, Customs, Coast
Guard, and other maritime
agencies
theme of the exercise
is “Robust Peace
Keeping Operations”.
Bakloh, in Himachal
Pradesh
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Chaubatia near
Ranikhet, Uttarakhand
Al-Dhafra airbase, UAE
Arabian Sea
Northern Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
Mahajan Field Firing
Ranges of Bikaner
district of Rajasthan
Andaman and Nicobar
group of islands
Air Force Station of
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Indian Navy

Joint Military Exercises of India 2020

Name of Exercise Participating Nations Conducted at
SIMBEX-20 Indian Navy and Republic of Singapore Navy Andaman Sea
(RSN)
SITMEX-2020 India, Singapore, Thailand Andaman Sea
‘Bull Strike’ Elements of Indian Army’s Parachute Brigade, Andaman and Nicobar
MARCOS (Marine Commando Force) and Special Command (ANC)
Forces
Malabar-2020 India & Australia Bay of Bengal and the
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 Arabian Sea
SLINEX-20 India & Sri Lanka Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
“Bongosagar” India-Bangladesh (Navy Bilateral Exercise) Bay of Bengal
PASSEX (Passage Exercise) India & Australia (Navy Bilateral Exercise) East Indian Ocean Region
Suraksha Kavach Maharashtra Police and Indian Army Lulla Nagar, Pune,
Maharashtra
4th JIMEX 2020 India and Japan North Arabian Sea
EX Indradhanush - V 2020 Indian Air Force (IAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF) Air Force Station Hindon,
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
AJEYA WARRIOR 2020 India and the United Kingdom The United Kingdom
PASSEX (Passage Exercise) India & US (Navy Bilateral Exercise) Indian Ocean
Ajeya Warrior India and the United Kingdom (Military Drill) Salisbury Plains, the United
Kingdom
DefExpo 2020 -- Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh
‘Sahyog-Kaijin’ India and Japan Chennai
MILAN 2020 -- Visakhapatnam

Matla Abhiyaan Coastal security exercise Kolkata, West Bengal

BIMSTEC disaster India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Myanmar Puri (Odisha)
management exercise -
2020
SAMPRITI-IX India and Bangladesh UMROI, Meghalaya, India
Naseem Al Bahr India and Oman (Naval Exercise) Mormugao Port, Goa
Why is military exercise required?
 Military exercise has become an imperative part of the armed forces all around the world. They serve many
purposes like:
 It trains soldiers in how to act, how to think, and how to work together in times of conflict.
 The military exercise is a method to showcase the power and might to other countries of the world.
 It also improves the coordination as well as cooperation among friendly militaries of the world.
 It provides an opportunity to test the precision of weapons and devices.
 Training for Natural Disasters and Humanitarian Relief.
 Military exercises are conducted as it serves many purposes like counter-terrorism, low-intensity conflict
operations at Counter-Insurgency etc.
 Military exercises help Armed Forces to train themselves for Humanitarian Relief in case of Natural Calamity
or Disaster.
The Indian military exercises can be segregated into 3 categories:
 Domestic exercise
 Bilateral Exercise
 Multilateral exercise
1. Domestic Military Exercises of India – This exercise aims to improve internal engagements and there can be
inter-services or intra-services depending on nature and its application. List of military domestic Military Exercises of
India:

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 S. No. Exercise Name Remarks
1. GANDIV VIJAY Conducted by the Chetak corps of South Western Command of Indian
Army in Mahajan field firing ranges of Rajasthan in May 2018. It was
based on offensive operations through joint air-land battle in a
network-centric environment employing modern technology.
2. VIJAY PRAHAR Conducted by the South Western Command of Indian Army. The
month-long exercise was aimed to orchestrate a wide spectrum of
threats which are planned to be tackled through high tempo joint air
and land operation.
3. PASCHIM LEHAR-18 Tri-service maritime exercise, conducted by Indian Navy off western
coast in the Arabian Sea. The exercise is aimed at improving the
interoperability between the Indian Navy, Indian Army, Indian Air
Force, and Coast Guard.
4. Vayu Shakti 2019 It is an Air Force Exercise conducted once in every 3 years. It was
previously held in 2016 codenamed ‘Iron Fist’. It is a firepower
demonstration exercise held at Pokhran, Rajasthan.

2. Bilateral Military Exercises of India: Bilateral Exercise as the name suggests, is the military exercise that takes
place between two countries. An example would be the “Yudh Abhyas Exercise” between India & US. Below we
share some important Bilateral Military Exercises of India with different countries across the world.

Bilateral Military Exercises of Indian Army

S. No. Exercise Name Participant Nations
1. HAND IN HAND China
2. SURYA KIRAN Nepal
3. SAMPRITI Bangladesh
4. MITRA SHAKTI Sri Lanka
5. YUDH ABHYAS USA
6. VAJRA PRAHAR USA
7. IMBAX-2017 Myanmar
8. HARIMAU SHAKTI Malaysia
9. GARUDA SHAKTI Indonesia
10. VINBAX-2018 Vietnam
11. EKUVERIN Maldives
12. INDRA Russia
14. AL NAGAH Oman
15. DHARMA GUARDIAN Japan
16. MAITREE Thailand
17. AJEYA WARRIOR UK
18. PRABAL DOSTYK Kazakhstan
19. NOMADIC ELEPHANT Mongolia
21. LAMITIYE Seychelles
23. BOLD KURUKSHETRA Singapore
24. KHANJAR Kyrgyzstan
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 Bilateral Military Exercises of Indian Navy
25. SLINEX Sri Lanka
26. INDRA NAVY Russia
27. KONKAN UK
28. VARUNA France
29. NASEEM-AL-BAHR Oman
30. Sahyog HOP TAC Vietnam
31. IND-INDO CORPAT Indonesia
32. SIMBEX Singapore
33. IMCOR Myanmar
34. SLINEX Sri Lanka
35. INDRA NAVY Russia

Bilateral Military Exercises of Indian Air Forc

36. GARUDA France
37. EASTERN BRIDGE Oman
38. AVIAINDRA-18 Russia
39. SIAM BHARAT Thailand
40. DESERT EAGLE UAE
41. INDRADHANUSH UK
42. RED FLAG USA

3. Multilateral Military Exercises of India: Multilateral Exercise as the name suggests, involves the forces and military of
more than two countries. An example would be the “COBRA-GOLD Exercise” which was conducted in Russia between
China, Tajikistan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan & Uzbekistan.

S. No. Exercise Name Remarks

1. RIMPAC It is the world’s largest maritime exercise. It was first conducted in 1971 and is
held biannually near Honolulu, Hawaii (USA).
The Exercise is overlooked by the US Navy’s Pacific fleet. The recent 2018
edition saw 26 countries participating which included India.
2. MALABAR An annual trilateral naval exercise involving the United States, Japan, and
India as permanent partners. It originally began in 1992 as a bilateral exercise
between India and the US. Later in 2015, Japan became a permanent partner
3. MILEX-18 First joint military exercise between BIMSTEC countries, conducted in Pune,
Maharashtra. All member BIMSTEC countries, except Thailand and Nepal,
took an active part in this exercise. The main aim is to promote practices in
areas of counter-terrorism.
4. PEACE MISSION A Counter Terror Military Exercise, held in Russia in September 2018, under
the framework of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). For the first
time, arch-rivals India and Pakistan took part in it.
5. Samvedna-2018 The first multilateral Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)
exercise of Indian Air Force (IAF) in association with South Asian Region
nations, was held off the coast of Kerala.
6. Ex COBRA GOLD It is the largest Asia-Pacific military exercise held in Thailand every year.

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 7. KAKADU Started in 1993, it is a multilateral regional maritime engagement exercise
hosted by the Royal Australian Navy. It derives its name from the Kakadu
National Park.
8. ARF DiR Ex It stands for ASEAN Regional Forum Disaster Relief Exercise (ARF DiR Ex). It is
aimed at organizing a large-scale disaster relief exercise. It was 1st held in
2009, & takes place biannually. It is co-hosted by one ASEAN member states
and one non-ASEAN ARF member.

9. Ex KOMODO A biennial multilateral Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)

exercise, conducted for the first time by the Indonesian Navy in April 2014 at
Batam, Indonesia.

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