Important Defence Exercises

A military exercise or war game is the employment of military resources in training for military operations, either exploring the effects of warfare or testing strategies without actual combat. This also serves the purpose of ensuring the combat readiness of garrisoned or deployable forces prior to deployment from home base / home station.

List of Joint Defence (Army, Navy and Air-Force) Exercises of India-

Joint Defence Exercises 

Army Exercises
Ashwamedha	Indian Army
Shoorveer	Indian Army
Vijayee Bhava	Indian Army & Indian Air-force
Sudarshan Shakti	Indian Army & Indian Air-force
Ekuverin	India and Maldives
Mithra Shakti	India and Sri Lanka.
Shakti	India and France
Nomadic Elephant	India and Mongolia
Yuddh Abhyas	India and U.S.A.
Cope	India and U.S.A.
Surya Kiran	India and Nepal
Naval (Navy) Exercises
Varuna	India and France
SLINEX.	Sri Lanka India
INDRA	India and Russia, bi annual military exercise
Hand in Hand.	India and China
Malabar	United States, India & Japan*
Simbex	Indian Navy - Singapore
IBSAMAR	Brazil and South Africa
KONKAN	India and Britain
AUSINDEX	Indian and Australian
Milan	India and Several Asian Countries
Air-Force Exercises
Eastern Bridge	India and Oman
Indradhanush or Rainbow	India and U.K.
Garuda	India and France
Red Flag	India and U.S.A. (In Nevada Desert of U.S.A.)
Avia Indra 2014	India and Russia

^*Japan has recently joined hand with India into India-US Malabar bilateral Maritime Exercise.
AL Nagah is a Joint Army Excercise of India and Oman

See also:

» Indian Armed Forces

» Comparative Ranks in Army, Navy & Air-Force

» Joint Defence Exercises of India With Other Countries

» Missiles of India