Exercise AUSTRAHIND

About Exercise AUSTRAHIND:

• It is a joint military exercise held between India and Australia.
• It is an annual event conducted alternatively in India and Australia. The last edition of the same exercise was conducted in Australia in December 2023.
• The Indian contingent comprising 140 personnel will be represented mainly by a battalion of the DOGRA Regiment and 14 personnel from the Indian Air Force.
• Exercise AUSTRAHIND aims to promote military cooperation between India and Australia through the enhancement of interoperability in the conduct of joint sub-conventional operations in semi-urban environments in semi-desert terrain under Chapter VII of the UN mandate.
• The exercise will be conducted in two phases – combat conditioning and tactical training phase and validation phase.
• Drills/ aspects to be rehearsed during the exercise will include response to a terrorist action of capturing a defined territory; establishment of a Joint Operations Centre; conduct of joint counter-terrorism operations like Raid and Search and Destroy Missions; securing of a helipad; employment of drones and counter-drone measures and Special Heli Borne Operations, among others.
• Significance: It will enable the two sides to share their best practices in tactics, techniques and procedures for conducting tactical operations.