SSC Study Notes: Joint Military Exercises of India with Other Countries 2022

By Ashwini Shivhare|Updated : July 27th, 2022

Joint Military Exercises of India with Other Countries 2022: In this article, we will learn about the Indian military Exercises, the types of military exercises and the list of Military Exercises conducted in 2022. This topic is very important for all SSC and Railway Exams. Candidates must revise these notes before the exam.

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Indian Military Exercises

A military exercise or war game is the technique of using military resources in training or performing drills of military operations, testing the quickness and real-time capabilities of warfare and adopting strategies without undergoing actual combat.

The military exercise is a measure to test the performance of the armed forces without engaging in the battlefield.

Types of Military Exercises

Bilateral Exercise
Multilateral Exercise
Domestic Exercise

Important Military Exercises in 2022

June 2022
Defence Exercise	Conducted by/Countries	Location
IND-INDO CORPAT (38th India-Indonesia coordinated patrol exercise)	India and Indonesia	Andaman Sea and Malacca Strait
Khaan Quest 2022 multinational exercise	Mongolia and India	Hosted by Mongolia, Inaugurated by President of Mongolia, Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh
Sampriti-X	India and Bangladesh	Jashore Military Station in Bangladesh
May 2022
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Exercise • Defender Europe 2022 (DE22) • Swift Response 2022 (SR22)	Poland and 8 other countries Exercise Swift Response is an annual U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercise	Eastern Europe, the Arctic High North, Baltics, and Balkans
Naval Exercise Bongosagar 2022	India and Bangladesh	Port Mongla, Bangladesh
Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT)	India and Bangladesh	Northern Bay of Bengal, Indian Navy-Bangladesh Navy (IN-BN)
April 2022
Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS maritime Exercise IMEX-22	Navies of Bangladesh, France, India and Iran	Goa (Arabian sea)
Joint Training Exercise LAMITIYE-2022	India and Seychelles	Seychelles Defense Academy
Naval Exercise VARUNA 2022	India & France	Arabian Sea
Joint Special Forces Exercise ‘Khanjar 2022	India and Kyrgyzstan	Special Forces Training School, Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh
Integrated Fire Power exercise exercise KRIPAN SHAKTI	Conducted by The Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps	Teesta Field Firing Ranges (TFFR), near Siliguri, West Bengal
March 2022
Dharma Guardian 2022	India and Japan	Foreign Training Node, Belagavi (Belgaum, Karnataka)
Multilateral Military exercise Cold Response 2022	Conducted by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)	Norway
offshore security exercise ‘Prasthan’	Conducted by Western Naval Command of India	Offshore Development Area of ONGC, Mumbai
Bilateral Maritime Exercise SLINEX-21	Sri Lanka and India	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Suraksha Kavach 2	Conducted by Indian Army’s “Agnibaaz Division” with Maharashtra Police	Lullanagar, Pune
Joint training Exercise Dustlik (ExDustlik)-2022	India and Uzbekistan	Yangiarik, Uzbekistan
February 2022
Air exercise Eastern Bridge-VI	Indian and Oman	Jodhpur, Air Force Station in Rajasthan
Sainya Ranakshetram –2021	Indian Army	Indore
biennial multilateral naval exercise MILAN 2022	Hosted by the Eastern Naval Command. Theme – ‘Camaraderie – Cohesion –Collaboration’	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh & Indian Navy
January 2022
MILAN 2022	multilateral naval exercise by Indian Navy	Indian Ocean region
Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Exercise Sea Dragon-22	• Conducted by – USA • Participating Countries – US, Australia, Canada, India, Japan and South Korea	Andersen Air Force Base, Guam Island
Paschim Lehar 2022 aka XPL-22	Conducted by Indian Navy	Arabian Sea

Important Military Exercises in 2020-2021

S.No.	Partner Nation	Exercise Name
1	The United Arab Emirates, United States of America, France, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Bahrain	Ex Desert Flag-VI
2	India and United States-2021	Yudh Abhayas
3	Naval Exercise between India, US, Japan and Australia	Malabar Exercises
4	Indian Army & Bangladesh Army	Sampriti IX
5	Indian Air Force and Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom	Exercise Indradhanush - V
6	India and the United Kingdom	Ajeya Warrior-2020
7	Indian armed forces	IndSpaceEx (Country's first-ever simulated space warfare exercises)
8	40 countries	MILAN 2020
9	Indian Air force and Royal Air force of Oman	Exercise Eastern Bridge

Bilateral Exercises:

A bilateral exercise is an exercise that is conducted between two countries. Below is a table that shows the list of bilateral exercises:

Indian Army:

S. No.	Partner Nation	Exercise name
1.	China	Ex Hand in Hand
2.	Nepal	Ex Surya Kiran
3.	Bangladesh	Ex Sampriti
4.	Sri Lanka	Ex Mitra Shakti
5.	USA	Ex Yudh Abhyas
6.	USA	Ex Vajra Prahar
7.	Myanmar	IMBAX-2017
8.	Malaysia	Ex HARIMAU SHAKTI
9.	Indonesia	Ex Garuda Shakti
10.	Vietnam	VINBAX-2018
11.	Maldives	Ex Ekuverin
12.	Russia	Ex INDRA
14.	Oman	AL NAGAH
15.	Japan	DHARMA GUARDIAN
16.	Thailand	EX MAITREE
17.	UK	Ex AJEYA WARRIOR
18.	Kazakhstan	Ex PRABAL DOSTYK
19.	Mongolia	Ex NOMADIC ELEPHANT
21.	Seychelles	Ex LAMITIYE
23.	Singapore	Ex BOLD KURUKSHETRA
24.	Kyrgyzstan	Ex KHANJAR

Indian Navy:

S. No.	Partner Nation	Exercise name
1.	Sri Lanka	SLINEX
3.	Russia	INDRA NAVY
4.	UK	KONKAN
5.	France	VARUNA
6.	Oman	NASEEM-AL-BAHR
7.	Vietnam	Sahyog HOP TAC
9.	Indonesia	IND-INDO CORPAT
10.	Singapore	SIMBEX
11.	Myanmar	IMCOR

Indian Air Force:

Sr. No.	Partner Nation	Exercise name
1.	France	Ex GARUDA
2.	Oman	Ex EASTERN BRIDGE
3.	Russia	Ex AVIAINDRA-18
5.	Thailand	SIAM BHARAT
6.	UAE	Ex DESERT EAGLE
7.	UK	Ex INDRADHANUSH
8.	USA	Ex RED FLAG

Multilateral Exercises:

They are those exercise that consists of more than one military partner.

Sr. No.	Exercise Name
1.	RIMPAC
2.	MALABAR
3.	MILEX-18
4.	PEACE MISSION
5.	Samvedna-2018
6.	Ex COBRA GOLD
7.	KAKADU
8.	ARF DiR Ex
9.	Ex KOMODO

Domestic Exercise:

They are aimed at improving the internal engagements amongst various departments. They can be inter-services or intra-service depending on its nature and its application.