India, US to have biggest ever Army exercise (for India)

Indian Express ^ | 12/9/05 | Press Trust of India

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New Delhi, December 9: In a step up of service-to-service engagement, India and US will conduct the biggest-ever Army level exercises near Ranikhet in Uttaranchal in January as American officials today indicated that Washington was working to open doors to high-technology transfers.

A company force of the US Army will conduct joint exercises with a thrust towards anti-insurgency operations in the mountainous terrain near Choubhatia, US officials said adding that in the coming year, armed forces of the two countries would participate in ‘more complex, patterned’ war games.

"US Pacific Command wants to expand its military-level interaction with India over a broad front to enable the two armed forces to share experience in doctrines and higher formation-level exercises", officials said.

Officials said though Indo-US defence trade stood at USD 287 million, they expected a big jump in arms sales through major deals with Navy, Special Forces and Air Force in the offing.

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Pardon my skepticism but a company level exercise is nowhere near the biggest ever army exercise for either country involved. Yes, its the biggest exercise yet for foreign troops on Indian soil. Also, its heartening to see the tectonic plates of future alliances already shifting to reflect next gen reality.... The US and India are natural partners in the socio-political, economic and security spheres. That they're talking inter-army cooperation, tech transfer etc is a step long overdue, IMO.

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Dude you don't know anything. Gr8. Pls enlighten me abt things you know that I should as well. /(:D)

[G. Stolyarov II]

This is yet another move in the United States’ attempt to win India as an ally. It is an innocuous pursuit—and possibly a useful one, seeing as India might be convinced to act against Islamist fanatics in the region.

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