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India, Australia hold joint military exercise
The Morning Standard
|November 23, 2023
A contingent of 81 personnel drawn from the Indian armed forces on Wednesday departed for Australia to take part in the second edition of AustraHind-23, a joint military exercise. It will be conducted at Perth from November 22 to December 6.
"The aim of the exercise is to foster collaborative partnership and share best practices between the two sides. The exercise will also promote interoperability while undertaking multi-domain operations in urban and semi-urban terrain under Chapter VII of United Nations on peace keeping operations." The UN's Chapter VII is about action with respect to threats to peace, breaches of peace, and acts of aggression.
The personnel includes 60 from a Battalion of the Gorkha Rifles of Indian Army, One officer from Indian Navy and 20 personnel from Indian Air Force.
The Australian Army contingent comprising 60 personnel will be from the 13th Brigade.
This story is from the November 23, 2023 edition of The Morning Standard.
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