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
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