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- India-Uzbekistan Joint Military Exercise DUSTLIK 2024
India-Uzbekistan Joint Military Exercise DUSTLIK 2024
Context:
The Indian Army contingent departed today for the 5th edition of India- Uzbekistan joint military Exercise DUSTLIK.
Relevance:
Facts for Prelims
About India- Uzbekistan joint military Exercise DUSTLIK:
Schedule and Location:
- Dates: 15th to 28th April 2024
- Location: Termez, Republic of Uzbekistan
- Frequency: Yearly event conducted alternatively in India and Uzbekistan.
- Last Edition: Pithoragarh, India in February 2023
Participating Contingents
- Indian Armed Forces:
- Total Personnel: 60
- Composition:
- Indian Army: 45 personnel (mainly from a Battalion of the JAT Regiment)
- Indian Air Force: 15 personnel
- Women Officers: Two, from the Regiment of Artillery and the Army Medical Corps.
- Uzbekistan Armed Forces:
- Total Personnel: Approximately 100
- Composition:
- Personnel from Uzbekistan Army and Air Force
- Represented by personnel from the Southern Operational Command, part of the South-West Military District.
Objective:
- Aim:
- Foster military cooperation and enhance combined capabilities to execute joint operations in mountainous and semi-urban terrain.
- Focus Areas:
- High degree of physical fitness
- Joint planning
- Joint tactical drills
- Basics of special arms skills
Tactical Drills:
- Creation of a Joint Command Post
- Establishing an Intelligence & Surveillance Centre
- Securing a landing site
- Small Team Insertion & Extraction
- Special Heliborne Operations
- Cordon and Search Operations
- Room Intervention Drills
- Demolition of illegal structures
Complexity of the Exercise:
- Enhanced with the conduct of multi-domain operations.
- The contingent includes personnel from combat support arms and services besides Infantry.
Purpose and Outcomes:
- Share best practices in Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures of conducting joint operations.
- Develop inter-operability, bonhomie, and camaraderie between soldiers of both countries.
- Enhance the level of defence cooperation, fostering bilateral relations between India and Uzbekistan.
