Russia and India to hold war games

The joint Russian-Indian war games Indra’2016 will be held in the second half of 2016.

Far-Eastern Primorsky (Maritime) territory of Russia, Alexander Gordeyev, the chief press officer of the Eastern Military District told TASS agency after a conference on preparations for the exercise.

He said, “Representatives of the Eastern Military District and the Indian Armed Forces came to an agreement to hold the exercise in the second half of 2016 on the Sergeyevsky practice ground in the Primorsky territory. Also, the sides coordinated the elements of the practical part of the exercise.”

Mechanized infantry units of the combined-arms army of the Eastern Military District stationed in the Primorsky territory and India’s Kumaon infantry regiments will practise the formation of a joint grouping of troops under a UN mandate and will simulate the planning and practical conduct of an antiterrorist operation, TASS reports.

Two countries signed a protocol to realize military drills in Vladivostok, Russia in April. Russia and India held joint military exercises on counterterrorism last year and after naval drills were held.