There will be an exercise called “Austra Hind 22” from November 28 to December 11. The Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan will host the bilateral training exercise “AUSTRA HIND 22” involving contingents of the Indian Army and the Australian Army.
Exercise AUSTRA HIND 22
- Exercise AUSTRA HIND is a yearly event that alternates between Australia and India and is a bilateral training exercise between the Australian Army and the Indian Army.
- Goal: To forge strong military ties, learn from one another’s best practises, and foster cooperation while conducting multi-domain operations in semi-desert terrain in accordance with a UN peace enforcement mission.
Significance
- The combined exercise will further contribute to the building of ties between Australia and India since it is the first in the series of Austra Hind exercises to include all weapons and services personnel from both armies.
Other exercises between India and Australia:
- Exercise Pitch Black: Since 1981, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has staged this biennial multilateral air combat exercise. In 2018, the Indian Air Force participated in the exercise for the first time.
- AUSINDEX: This bilateral maritime exercise takes place every two years between the Royal Australian Navy and the Indian Navy (RAN). The exercise’s initial iteration happened in 2015.