Indian Navy’s platforms like INS Shivalik and INS Kadmatt are participating along with Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga.
The exercise is aimed at conditioning troops from both the countries in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in mountainous and rural scenarios.
With the induction of the ocean surveillance ship, India will join a select league of nations to have this capability. Currently, only the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Russia and France have this capability.
The drones, which will have a range of over 100kms, are being procured under emergency procurement powers.
The co-development of defence equipment is a major step towards deepening defence technology collaboration between the two nations.
The integrated manoeuvre and live-fire exercise were carried out to review the operational preparedness of the Snow Leopard brigade.
In the backdrop of growing military bonhomie between Pakistan and Ukraine, China fears that its all-weather ally, Pakistan may abandon the procurement of its VT-4 tanks worth $1 billion.
The annual exercise, which will begin on September 3, will see 200 personnel from the Indian Army’s Naga Battalion honing their skills with the military of 17 nations.
Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation and built by the Bharat Electronics Limited, the NADS is the first indigenously developed anti-drone system to be inducted into the Indian Armed Forces.
Speaking at the Defence Service Staff College here, Singhsaid, “The foreign enemies have tried to destabilise the country since it got independence."
