Armies of U.S., India Begin Joint Military Drills Focused on Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism by Ankit Panda - The Diplomat
The Indian and U.S. armies have started the thirteenth iteration of their Yudh Abhyas series of joint military exercises.
The exercise began on September 14 at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state in the United States and will go on until September 27.
The United States and India trade off on hosting iterations of the exercises. The first-ever drill under the Yudh Abhyas moniker was carried out in 2004 at the platoon level and has since been expanded.
The exercise this year will focus primarily on the counter-terrorism operations and will also included strategic consultations between senior armed forces officers on both sides.
Last year’s Yudh Abhyas was held in India, in the Chaubatia foothills in India’s state of Uttarakhand near the Sino-Indian border.
As The Diplomat reported at the time, the “focus of the exercise will be counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations in mountainous terrain under a UN mandate.” …