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India, Australia to kick off defence drill in Perth immediately | India Information
NEW DELHI: Quickly after India and Australia determined to additional crank up their defence ties with a watch firmly on China’s aggressive behaviour within the Indo-Pacific, the 2 nations are all set to kick off the bilateral ‘AustraHind’ tri-Service fight train at Perth from Thursday.
Australia has additionally invited India as an “lively participant” in its largest multination biennial train ‘Talisman Sabre’ in 2025.India had despatched solely observers for this yr’s version of the train in July-August.
Australia, in flip, will participate in India’s multilateral air fight train ‘Tarang Shakti’ in Rajasthan in mid-2024. The most important train will witness round a dozen air forces from pleasant nations, together with the US, France and Australia, have interaction in intensive fight drills with fighters, helicopters, transport plane and force-multipliers like midair refuellers and AWACS (airborne warning and management techniques).
As for the second version of the AustraHind train, which will likely be performed at Perth from November 23 to December 6, India has dispatched 60 Gorkha Rifles troopers from the Military, 20 IAF personnel and an officer from the Navy on a C-17 Globemaster-III plane.
“The intention of the train is to foster collaborative partnership and share finest practices between the 2 sides. The train may also promote interoperability whereas enterprise multidomain operations in city and semi-urban terrains,” an officer mentioned.
The joint drills will embrace techniques, methods and procedures for conducting tactical operations in addition to sniper firing and operation of surveillance and communication gear to realize a excessive diploma of situational consciousness, he added. The primary version of AustraHind was performed at Mahajan in Rajasthan final yr.
Australia has additionally invited India as an “lively participant” in its largest multination biennial train ‘Talisman Sabre’ in 2025.India had despatched solely observers for this yr’s version of the train in July-August.
Australia, in flip, will participate in India’s multilateral air fight train ‘Tarang Shakti’ in Rajasthan in mid-2024. The most important train will witness round a dozen air forces from pleasant nations, together with the US, France and Australia, have interaction in intensive fight drills with fighters, helicopters, transport plane and force-multipliers like midair refuellers and AWACS (airborne warning and management techniques).
As for the second version of the AustraHind train, which will likely be performed at Perth from November 23 to December 6, India has dispatched 60 Gorkha Rifles troopers from the Military, 20 IAF personnel and an officer from the Navy on a C-17 Globemaster-III plane.
“The intention of the train is to foster collaborative partnership and share finest practices between the 2 sides. The train may also promote interoperability whereas enterprise multidomain operations in city and semi-urban terrains,” an officer mentioned.
The joint drills will embrace techniques, methods and procedures for conducting tactical operations in addition to sniper firing and operation of surveillance and communication gear to realize a excessive diploma of situational consciousness, he added. The primary version of AustraHind was performed at Mahajan in Rajasthan final yr.
