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COPE INDIA EXERCISE

4th April, 2023

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Context

  • The `Cope India’ exercise between India and US from April 10 to 21 will “further enhance operational capability and interoperability between the two air forces”.

About the exercise

  • It is a bilateral exercise between the air forces of the two countries.
  • The exercise comes amid India’s continuing three-year-long military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh as well as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, which has seen Beijing and Moscow get into a tighter strategic clinch.

Aircrafts

  • The IAF will be fielding the French-origin Rafale, Russian-origin Sukhoi-30MKI and indigenous Tejas fighters as well as AEW&C (airborne early-warning and control) planes, C-17 Globemaster-III strategic airlift aircraft and IL-78 mid-air refuellers for the exercise.
  • The US, in turn, will deploy F-15 Strike Eagle jets.

Background

  • Cope India began in 2004 as a fighter training exercise held at Air Station Gwalior, India.
  • The exercise has evolved to incorporate subject matter expert exchanges, air mobility training, airdrop training and large-force exercises, in addition to fighter-training exercises.
  • The exercise showcases U.S. and India’s efforts and commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Recent Exercises of IAF

Veer Guardian

  • India deployed four Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, two C-17s, one IL-78 and around 150 IAF personnel, for the first-ever air exercise with Japan called ‘Veer Guardian’ at the Hyakuri air base in January.

Desert Flag

  • 5 Tejas fighters, two C-17s and 110 personnel were dispatched for the multi-nation `Desert Flag’ exercise at UAE from February 23 to March 17.
  • This was the first time that the home-grown Tejas light combat aircraft took part in an international exercise outside India.

Cobra Warrior

  • 5 Mirage-2000 fighters, two C-17s, one IL-78 and 145 personnel of the IAF also took part in another multi-nation exercise `Cobra Warrior’ in the UK from March 6 to 24.

Shinyuu Maitri

  • The IAF also participated in the `Shinyuu Maitri’ exercise with the Japan Air Self Defence Force at Komatsu, on the side-lines of the bilateral Army exercise `Dharma Guardian’ from February 13 to March 2.

Joint Exercises conducted by Army

S. No.

Country

Exercise

1.

Australia

Ex AUSTRA HIND

2.

Bangladesh

Ex SAMPRITI

3.

China

Ex HAND IN HAND

4.

France

Ex SHAKTI

5.

Indonesia

Ex GARUDA SHAKTI

6.

Kazakhstan

Ex PRABAL DOSTYK

7.

Kyrgyzstan

Ex KHANJAR

8.

Maldives

Ex EKUVERIN

9.

Mongolia

Ex NOMADIC ELEPHANT

10.

Myanmar

IMBEX

11.

Nepal

Ex SURYA KIRAN

12.

Oman

AL NAGAH

13.

Russia

Ex INDRA

14.

Seychelles

Ex LAMITIYE

15.

Sri Lanka

Ex MITRA SHAKTI

16.

Thailand

Ex MAITREE

17.

UK

Ex AJEYA WARRIOR

18.

USA

Ex YUDHABHAYAS

Ex VAJRA PRAHAR

19.

Vietnam

VINBAX

20.

Multinational (ADMM Plus)

Ex FORCE 18

 Joint Exercises conducted by Navy

S. No.

Country

Exercise

1.

Australia

AUSINDEX

2.

Bangladesh

IN-BN CORPAT

3.

Brazil & South Africa

IBSAMAR

4.

France

VARUNA

5.

Indonesia

IND-INDO CORPAT

IND-INDO BILAT

6.

Malaysia

IN-MN Table Top Ex

7.

Myanmar

IMCOR

IN-MN BILAT

8.

Oman

Naseem-al-Bahr

9.

Russia

INDRA NAVY

10.

Sri Lanka

SLINEX

11

Singapore

SIMBEX

12.

Thailand

INDO-THAI CORPAT

13

UAE

In-UAE BILAT

14

UK

KONKAN

15.

USA

MALABAR

RIMPAC (Multilateral)

16

Multilateral Exercise by Brunei

ADMM+ Exercise

17

Multilateral Exercise by Indonesia

Ex KOMODO

18

Multilateral Exercise by India

MILAN

Joint Exercises conducted by Air Force

S. No.

Country

Exercise

1.

Bangladesh

Table Top Ex

2.

Israel

Ex Blue Flag-17

3.

Oman

Ex EASTERN BRIDGE-IV

4.

Russia

Ex INDRA-17

5.

Singapore

JOINT MILITARY TRAINING

6.

Thailand

Ex SIAM BHARAT

7.

UAE

DESERT EAGLE-II

8.

UK

INDRADHANUSH-IV

9.

USA

RED FLAG 16-1

 10.

Multinational Air Exercise

Ex Samvedna with Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, UAE

PRACTICE QUESTION

Q) How many of the following pairs with reference to India’s joint exercises is/are incorrectly matched?

    Country     ::Exercise

a. Bangladesh::Table Top.

b. France      ::Varuna.

c. USA          :: Hand-in-hand.

  1. Only 1
  2. Only 2
  3. Only 3
  4. None of the above

Answer: Option I

 

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