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India and Russia To Conduct Tri-Service Military Exercise INDRA 2018
India and Russia To Conduct Tri-Service Military Exercise 'INDRA'- Details, Schedule, Background
The tri-service joint military exercise INDRA-2018 between India and Russia will take place at Indian military base after July in the second half of 2018.
In order for smooth conduction, Russian military delegation visited India to discuss logistics of the exercise.
In the INDRA-2018 exercise, combined military units of Russian Eastern Military District will participate in military drills. Members of Indian defence forces were also involved in the planning of the exercise which included practical operations of units besides consumer services, catering and medical support for Russian units. In addition, they also agreed on a procedure for receiving and servicing of military transport aircraft in India.
About INDRA Exercise
INDRA military exercise was launched in 2003 as a bilateral exercise between India and Russia to boost cooperation and interoperability between navies of two countries.
The name of the exercise INDRA has been derived from India and Russia.
Till 2016, the bilateral exercises under INDRA were undertaken between respective Armies, Navies and Air Forces of India and Russia by separately engaging with each other without concurrent participation from other services.
INDRA exercise was transformed into a tri-services military exercise in 2017 and was for the first time held successfully in October 2017 at Vladivostok, Russia. It was India’s first joint tri-services exercise and also first between Russia and India. It was also the first time Russia has hosted tri-services military exercise in its nation.
