Tenth Indo-Russia Joint Military Exercise Ex INDRA 2018 Culminates

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Babina Military Range, Jhansi. The Tenth Edition of Indo-Russian joint military exercise EX INDRA 2018 culminated on November 28 after a joint tactical exercise and an impressive closing ceremony held at Babina Military Station in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh.

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The 11-day long joint training that commenced on November 18 included developing common understanding of transnational terrorism, interoperability and conduct of joint tactical operations controlled by a Joint Command Post working under the aegis of United Nations.

Classes were organised on cordon and search operations, raid on terrorist hideout, intelligence gathering and sharing, perception management, humanitarian laws and hostage rescue.

Integrated live firing was carried out apart from specialised joint training which included road opening drills, clearance of built up areas and destruction of a rebel stronghold in an urban terrain setting. The participating contingents also carried out specialised joint training on hostage rescue by slithering from MI-17 helicopters.

Major General PS Minhas, General Officer Commanding, White Tiger Division of Indian Army and Major General Tsekov Oleg Moosovich, Commander Fifth Army of Russian Army along with representatives and military officials of both countries witnessed the validation exercise conducted at Babina Field Firing Ranges.

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The troops learnt about each other’s organisations and exchanged ideas and best practices being followed in peace enforcement under aegis of the United Nations.

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