Exercise Yudh Abhyas: US tanks to roll in India

[IndianTiger]

For the first time, American
tanks will roll on Indian soil in
wargames codenamed
'Exercise Yudh Abhyas',
which will mark the
beginning of the series of military engagements
scheduled between the two
countries for this year. For the first time in Indo-US
wargames, Americans will deploy their tanks in the
company-level Exercise
Yudhabhyas scheduled to be
held in the Mahajan field firing
ranges in Rajasthan desert in
March, army sources said. Apart from fielding three
tanks, the US will also deploy
around 200 men accompanied
by armoured personnel
carriers for the wargames,
they said. In the last edition of the
exercise, the American Army
had brought its Stryker
infantry combat vehicles
which were being inducted
into war operations in Afghanistan. However, it is not yet clear
which tanks would be
deployed by the American
side for the exercise. India will filed its Russian-
origin BMPs along with tanks
for the wargame. After the 'Yudh Abhyas in
March', Indian Infantry troops
from the Jammu and Kashmir
Rifles regiment will fly to
California to engage their
American counterparts in the Exercise Shatrujeet. 130 troops from the 19 Jammu
and Kashmir Rifles battalion
will fly to California in April
and engage in counter
insurgency and counter
terrorism drills there for the Exercise Shatrujeet, sources
said. The Special Forces of the two
countries will also test their
skills in a mountain exercise
codenamed 'Vajra Prahar'. 60 troops from American
Special Forces and an equal
number of them from the
Indian Army's 3 Para (Special
Forces) will take part in a
wargame in Chaubatia in Uttarakhand in August this
year in mountain terrain. Indian troops from 1 Para (SF)
had visited Seattle last year
for the Vajra Prahar exercise
last year. The Navies of the two
countries are also scheduled to
exercise with eachother in
2012.

 

[Unbeliever]

Dude can you please post in a decent formatting, nobody is going to read news like this..

 

[secularbuster]

Where is this exercise taking place?

 

[Raje amar]

already posted.

 

[secularbuster]

already posted.

Yeah, but what is the purpose of this kind of defence spending? Millions of hungry people in india could have been fed by the money spent on this kind of useless military exercises.

 

[Black Widow]

Yeah, but what is the purpose of this kind of defence spending? Millions of hungry people in india could have been fed by the money spent on this kind of useless military exercises.

One wise among many dumb!.. Are you budhhist?

For the first time, American tanks will troll on Indian soil

 

[secularbuster]

One wise among many dumb!.. Are you budhhist?

Peaceful people are often viewed by the warmongers as 'dumb'!

 

[third eye]

Yeah, but what is the purpose of this kind of defence spending? Millions of hungry people in india could have been fed by the money spent on this kind of useless military exercises.

The last time India felt that Defence spending was ' useless' was between 1947 to 1962. The jolt the nation got in 62 shook us took us to the roots.

Never again shall it happen.

In India there is no dearth of funds, there is a dearth of honest fund managers.

BTW there is another thread on this subject.