| Indian-U.S.war drill starts in western Indian state |
| Last Updated(Beijing Time):2012-03-05 19:58 |
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Indian and U.S. armies Monday kicked off a war drill in the western Indian state Rajasthan that involves infantry combat vehicles and armored personnel carriers in a counter-terrorism operation, the Indo-Asian News Service reported.
The two-week annual exercise, codenamed Yudh Abhyas 2011-12, started at the Mahajan Ranges, with 200 troops from each country readying to test their battlefield skills in searing desert heat, the news service quoted a defense spokesperson as saying.
The U.S. contingent at the Yudh Abhyas exercise is headed by Colonel Thomas J. Roth, Commander, Second Engineer Brigade to which the American troopers belong. The Indian soldiers are from the Jaipur-based South Western Command and are led by Brigadier B. S. Dhanoa, said the report.
The two teams will hone their tactical and technical skills in a UN peacekeeping scenario involving mechanized forces, the defense spokesperson said. |
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