Veer Guardian 2023 Exercise
The Veer Guardian 2023 Exercise is going to be held from January 16 to 26 next year.
What is Veer Guardian 2023 Exercise?
- Veer Guardian 23 will be the first-ever bilateral combat air exercise between India and Japan.
- This 10-day exercise will be held between the Indian Air Force and the Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) at Japan’s Hyakuri air base and Iruma air base.
- The objective of this maiden exercise is to strengthen the mutual understanding and defence relations between the two air forces. It also seeks to enhance JASDF’s tactical skills to strengthen its preparedness to potential armed conflicts.
- The Indian side is represented by a contingent of around 150 personnel who will be transported by two C-17 transport aircraft. It will include 1 IL-78 mid-air refueller and 4 Su-30MKI fighters from No. 220 squadron, which comes under the Western Air Command.
- The Japanese side will field 4 F-15s and 4 F-2 fighter jets for this bilateral exercise.
What are the other defence exercises involving India and Japan?
India and Japan are currently conducting Dharma Guardian exercise between the armies, SHINYUU Maitri between the air forces, and JIMEX between the navies. The two countries’ navies also conduct regular bilateral exercise, and passage exercises with the focus on the Indo-Pacific.
Japan has been taking part in the India-US Malabar naval combat exercise since 2015. This exercise also includes Australia. These four countries form the QUAD alliance, which is currently working towards deterring any “coercion” in the Indo-Pacific.
Japan took part in the Milan Exercise conducted by the Indian Navy for the first time in 2022. The Milan exercise is a biennial multilateral naval exercise conducted by the Indian Navy since 1995 at the Andaman and Nicobar Command.
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Month: Current Affairs - December, 2022
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