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Indo-French army drill in October

Indo-French army drill in October - The Times of India

NEW DELHI: After joint naval and air force war games, India and France will now hold an army exercise, 'Shakti', at Chaubatia, near Ranikhet, in September-October.

"The exercise between the two armies will basically focus on counter-terrorism," said an official.

The two navies and air forces regularly conduct the 'Varuna' and 'Garuda' series of exercises.

The Shakti exercise comes at a time when France and India have finalized the almost Rs 11,000-crore upgrade of the 51 Mirage-2000 multi-role fighters in Indian Air Force's combat fleet.

Besides, French jet Rafale is still in the race, along with Eurofighter Typhoon, to bag the Rs 42,000-crore Indian Air Force project to acquire 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft after the rejection of American F/A-18 'Super Hornet' and F-16 'Super Viper', Swedish Gripen and Russian MiG-35 in the competition.

Two hundred Indian soldiers are also currently at the high-tech Land War -fare Centre in Warminster, near Salisbury in the United Kingdom, to take part in the 'Ajayee War -rior' exercise with the British Army.
 
Considering final shortlisting of MMRCA is expected in October this could either be the srongest ex ever or very cold.
 
India and France will hold their first army-to-army exercise, Shakti, at Chaubatia near Ranikhet in Uttarakhand in October focussing on counter- terrorism drills.

"The first joint exercise between the armies of the two sides would be held between October 9 to 22 where they will focus on carrying out joint drills on counter terrorism and counter insurgency operations," an Army official said here.

The navies and air forces of the two countries have been regularly holding 'Varuna' and 'Garuda' series of exercises.

India and France have had strong defence relations and New Delhi Friday signed a deal worth USD 2.4 billion with French firms Dassault and Thales for upgrading its fleet of 51 Mirage 2000 fighter jet fleet.

Indian Army troops are also holding a company-level exercise with their British counterparts in the UK under Exercise 'Ajayee Warrior
Indian, French armies to hold joint exercise - Brahmand.com
 

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