Posted on 12/02/2022 12:04:15 PM PST by libh8er
AULI, India (AP) — Indian and U.S. troops on Tuesday participated in a high-altitude training exercise in a cold, mountainous terrain near India’s disputed border with China, at a time both countries are trying to manage rising tensions with Beijing.
During the exercise, Indian soldiers were dropped from helicopters to flush out gunmen from a house in a demonstration of unarmed combat skills. Other drills involved sniffer dogs and unmanned bomb-disposing vehicles, and trained kites were deployed to destroy small enemy drones.
“Overall, it has been a great learning experience. There has been sharing of best practices between both the armies,” said Brig. Pankaj Verma of the Indian Army.
The annual drills took place around Auli, a hill station in the northern state of Uttarakhand. The U.S. troops came from the 2nd Brigade of the 11th Airborne Division, and their Indian counterparts were members of the army’s Assam Regiment.
India’s Defense Ministry has said the exercise will focus on surveillance, mountain-warfare skills, casualty evacuation and combat medical aid in adverse terrain and climatic conditions. It will also include humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and operations related to peacekeeping, it said.
The “Yudh Abhyas” exercise has alternated between the U.S. and India since it began in the early 2000s. It was held in Alaska last year.
Earlier editions had taken place elsewhere in northern India, but this year’s exercise is being held only about 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the Line of Actual Control, a disputed border that separates Chinese and Indian-held territories.
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The exercise also reflects the strengthening defense ties between India and the U.S. They have steadily ramped up their military relationship and signed a string of defense deals and deepened military cooperation. In recent years, relations have been driven by a convergence of interests to counter China.
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World is a literal tinderbox.
But yeah, let’s keep stoking the flames of war. /s
So if antagonizing Russia is “Poking the Bear” is antagonizing China “Poking the Panda”?????
I’ve heard a number of geopolitical strategists say the goal is to first weaken Russia, but the real threat is China, and the US is preparing for a confrontation with them before they can obtain military parity with us. They see China’s economic dominance as more of a threat than Russia’s nukes.
Lulz. Dunno mate. lmao
This is a stupid idea, getting our troops involved in this. This would be the equivalent of China holding military exercises with Mexico near our non-existent Southern border. We don’t need to get our people involved in an India-China border dispute.
Stupid stupid stupid…
These exercises take place all the time. This is nothing
new, and cooperation between India and the U. S. is of
prime importance long haul.
“Waking the Wu-Tang”
Nope, it’s a form of saber rattling especially given you doing right on the Chinese-India border and US steadily maintaining its Taiwan rhetoric, etc.
Nope, nothing to see here, at all....
Maybe US can convince India to stop send Fentanyl to the States.
“Poking the Panda?”
Poking the dragon.
You’re right.
Nothing at all.
This isn’t saber rattling. Good grief.
Whistling in the wind is an art...
“I’ve heard a number of geopolitical strategists say the goal is to first weaken Russia, but the real threat is China”
That is a remarkably interesting view. If we must fight China, we would want Russia out of the way. So triggering Russia into a war with Ukraine, was to weaken Russia.
This is an inexpensive way to send a message to China that military aggression will come at a steep cost. China is more likely to threaten world peace if they believe they will be unopposed.
Guess what? We’re behind.
Thanks to China’s brilliant abortion/one child policy, China will soon be a nation of grandpas and grandmas. India, with a much younger population, would eat China alive in a land war.
China sends Fentanyl, not India.
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