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| India, US plan biggest-ever war games in January | |
| 2005-12-09 | |
| In a step up of service-to-service engagement, India and the United States will conduct the biggest-ever army level exercises near Ranikhet in Uttaranchal in January, as American officials on Friday indicated that Washington was working to open doors to high-technology transfers. A company force of the US army will conduct joint exercises with a thrust towards anti-insurgency operations in the mountainous terrain near Choubhatia, US officials said adding that, in the coming year, armed forces of the two countries would participate in 'more complex, patterned war games'. "The US Pacific Command wants to expand its military-level innteraction with India over a broad front to enable the two armed forces to share experience in doctrines and higher formation-level exercises," officials said.
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| Posted by:john |
| #3 The Indian battle groups are large - 20000 strong, bigger than an armored division, Any clue how they split the logistics? I'd worry about support for a fighting force that size. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-12-09 17:41 |
| #2 Hellooo... China, you paying attention? You too PakiPerv... |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2005-12-09 17:03 |
| #1 share experience in doctrines and higher formation-level exercises, Latest Indian doctrine calls for "cold start" and integrated battle groups with C4I (no more slow mobilization of the Strike Corps). The Indian battle groups are large - 20000 strong, bigger than an armored division, with organic artillery - > a hundred guns and aviation and ready to move immediately. Indian formation level exercises involve a Strike Corps or larger - several armored divisions. The very largest exercises have had about three hundred thousand troops in the war game. |
| Posted by: john 2005-12-09 16:44 |