{"id":5535,"date":"2024-05-13T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T09:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/?p=5535"},"modified":"2024-05-13T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T09:27:27","slug":"india-france-joint-military-exercise-shakti-commences-in-meghalaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/05\/13\/india-france-joint-military-exercise-shakti-commences-in-meghalaya\/","title":{"rendered":"INDIA- FRANCE JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE SHAKTI COMMENCES IN MEGHALAYA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 7<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of India- France Joint Military Exercise SHAKTI commenced today, at Umroi, in a fully developed and modern Foreign Training Node in Meghalaya. The Exercise is scheduled to be conducted from 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0to 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May 2024. The Opening Ceremony of the joint exercise was attended by H.E. Thierry Mathou, Ambassador of France to India and Major General Prasanna Sudhakar Joshi, General Officer Commanding 51 Sub Area. Exercise SHAKTI is a biennial training event conducted alternatively in India and France. Last edition was conducted in France in November 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Indian contingent comprising 90 personnel is being represented primarily by a Battalion of the RAJPUT Regiment besides personnel from other arms and services. Observers from the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force will also form part of the exercise. The French contingent comprising 90 personnel will be represented mainly by personnel from the 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Foreign Legion Half- Brigade (13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0DBLE).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aim of Exercise SHAKTI is to enhance joint military capability of both sides to undertake multi-domain operations in a Sub Conventional scenario under Chapter VII of the United Nations Mandate. The joint exercise will focus on operations in the semi-urban and mountainous terrain.\u00a0 Objectives to be achieved from the joint training are high degree of physical fitness, rehearsing and refining drills for operations at tactical level and sharing of best practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tactical drills to be practiced during the Exercise will include response to a terrorist action of capturing a defined territory, establishment of a Joint Command Post, establishment of an Intelligence &amp; Surveillance Centre, securing of a helipad\/ landing site, Small Team Insertion &amp; Extraction, Special Heliborne Operations, Cordon &amp; Search Operations besides employment of drones and counter drone systems among others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0Exercise SHAKTI will enable the two sides to share their best practices in Tactics, Techniques and Procedures of conducting joint operations. The joint exercise will facilitate developing inter-operability, bonhomie and camaraderie between armed forces personnel of the two countries. This will also enhance the level of defence cooperation, further fostering bilateral relations between the two friendly nations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/Shakti1(1)SZ81.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/Shakti2WQ6Z.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 7th\u00a0edition of India- France Joint Military Exercise SHAKTI commenced today, at Umroi, in a fully developed and modern Foreign Training Node in Meghalaya. The Exercise is scheduled to be conducted from 13th\u00a0to 26th\u00a0May 2024. The Opening Ceremony of the joint exercise was attended by H.E. 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