Exercise SHAKTI- 2021

Question: Exercise SHAKTI-2021 was military exercise conducted between India and which other country?
(a) United Kingdom
(b) France
(c) Indonesia
(d) Germany
Ans: b
Recent Context

  • 6th edition of biennial Indo – France joint military exercise called “Ex SHAKTI- 2021” was concluded on November 26, 2021 in France.

Related Facts

  • It was a twelve days exercise which involved armies of both the countries.
  • During the exercise both militaries exhibited their combat power and dominance over the extremist groups in simulated Counter Insurgency and Counter Terrorism environment.
  • The exercise was conducted in two phases involving combat conditioning and tactical training of Counter-Terrorism operations culminating with validation of training in a semi-urban environment.
  • The Indian Army contingent was represented by a composite team of three Officers, three Junior Commissioned Officers and 37 soldiers from a battalion of Gorkha Rifles and support Arms.

By kameshwar Shukla

Reference:

https://newsonair.com/2021/11/26/indo-france-joint-military-exercise-ex-shakti-2021-culminates-in-france-opportunity-to-train-in-counter-terrorism-operations-in-joint-environment-says-defence-ministry/