The 7th edition of Exercise Dharma Guardian between the Indian Army and Japan has begun at the Foreign Training Node, Chaubattia (Uttarakhand) — an important development in India’s defence diplomacy frequently discussed in UPSC coaching in Hyderabad.
About Exercise Dharma Guardian
• Annual joint military exercise between India and Japan.
• Conducted alternately in India and Japan.
• Aim: To strengthen military collaboration and improve combined capabilities for joint operations in semi-urban environments.
• Serves as a key pillar of defence partnership between the two nations — a strategic theme regularly analysed in IAS coaching in Hyderabad.
Key Tactical Activities
• Establishing a Temporary Operating Base.
• Developing an Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) grid.
• Setting up Mobile Vehicle Check Posts.
• Conducting Cordon and Search Operations in hostile conditions.
• Executing Heliborne Operations.
• Practising House Intervention Drills.
Other India–Japan Defence Exercises
• Malabar (Naval): With India, Japan, U.S., and Australia.
• JIMEX (Naval): Bilateral naval exercise.
• Shinyuu Maitri (Air Force): Focused on air force cooperation.
Significance
• Enhances interoperability between Indian and Japanese forces.
• Strengthens strategic partnership amid evolving Indo-Pacific security challenges.
• Reinforces India’s role in regional security cooperation with like-minded nations — a key international relations topic covered in UPSC online coaching and civils coaching in Hyderabad.
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