Recent Joint Militiary Exercises

1. MALABAR trilateral naval Exercise - India, Japan and United States (US) participates in 2016 MALABAR trilateral naval Exercise near South China Sea.

2. Nomadic Elephant 2016 - joint military exercise between India & Mongolia

3. Shaheen Eagle 2016 - joint airforce drill between Pakistan & China

4. The Indian Army’s battle tank exercise ‘Shatrujeet’ was conducted in which district of India – Bikaner, Rajasthan

5. Garuda Shakti 2016 - joint military exercise between India & Indonesia

• Note: The 4th edition of the joint exercise “Garuda Shakti” is conducted between India and Indonesia at Magelang, Indonesia.

6. Exercise FORCE 18 held in Pune, India - India hosts 1st multilateral military exercise with Asian nations.

7. Exercise Iron Fist 2016 - is an Indian Air Force Exercise held in Pokhran, Rajasthan. It has been held twice - 2013 and 2016.

8. 2016 Cobra Gold military exercise- held in Thailand - Cobra Gold is an Asia-Pacific military exercise held in Thailand every year. It is the largest Asia-Pacific military exercise held each year, and is among the largest multinational military exercise in which the United States participates.

9. LAMITYE 2016 – India & Seychelles joint military exercise

• Note: The 7th edition of India, Seychelles joint military exercise LAMITYE 2016 held inVictoria, Seychelles.

10. ‘Surya Kiran IX 2016’ - India-Nepal Military Exercise

• Note: The 9th Indo-Nepal Combined Battalion level Military Training Exercise ‘Surya Kiran’ held at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.

11. ‘Shakti-2016′ – Indo-French military exercise

12. “Sahayog – Kaijin 2016” – India & Japan joint Coast Guard Exercise

Joint Military Exercise Held in 2015

1. Joint Naval Exercise SLINEX 2015 – India & Sri Lanka

2. Indra – Indo-Russia bilateral naval exercise

3. Malabar Exercise 2015 – India, US & Japan

4. Mitra Shakti 2015 – India & Sri Lanka

5. Hand in Hand – India & China

6. EKUVERIN 2015 – India – Maldives

7. AUSINDEX-15 – India – Australia (Bilateral Maritime Ex.)

8. Indradhanush – India – UK (Bilateral Air Ex.)

9. Varuna Exercise 2015 – India – France Naval Exercise.

10. Surya Kiran VIII – Indo- Nepal joint military exercise.