In Pics: India-China joint training exercise 'Hand-in-Hand 2016' concludes
The exercise -- held alternatively in India and China -- concluded with a validation exercise by the Indian Army and the People's Liberation Army of China.
Pune, Nov 25 The sixth India-China joint training exercise 'Hand-in-Hand 2016' concluded on Friday at the Aundh military camp here, an official said.
The 13-day exercise included understanding each other's operational methodology, developing interoperability and conducting joint tactical operations controlled by a joint command post.
The exercise -- held alternatively in India and China -- concluded with a validation exercise by the Indian Army and the People's Liberation Army of China.
At the closing ceremony, Major General S.K. Prashar of the Indian Army and Major General Wang Haijiang, Deputy Commander of the People's Liberation Army, jointly reviewed a parade commanded by Colonel Dayanand Sharma, the Indian contingent commander.
The first such exercise was held in 2007 at Kunming Military Academy in Yunnan province in China and the last in October 2015 also at the same venue.
"The aim of the joint training is to share the expertise in drills and practices while tackling insurgency and terrorism, thereby promoting healthy military-to-military relations and developing joint strategies for conducting operations in a counter- terrorism environment," an Army official said.
The
exercise
was
conducted
in
three
phases
--
familiarisation
with
weapons
and
equipment;
conduct
of
basic
training
including
combat
conditioning,
firing
of
personal
weapons,
support
weapons
and
practice
of
drills
like
establishment
of
covert
observation
post,
house
clearing,
cordon
and
search
and
humanitarian
and
disaster
relief
operations.
The
third
phase
comprised
conduct
of
joint
exercise.
(With agency inputs)
One India News