Exercise Details: The 13th edition of India-Thailand joint military Exercise MAITREE is taking place from 1st to 15th July at Fort Vachiraprakan in Tak Province, Thailand.
Participants:
- Indian Army contingent: 76 personnel, mainly from the Ladakh Scouts and other arms and services.
- Royal Thailand Army contingent: 76 personnel, mainly from 1st Battalion, 14 Infantry Regiment of 4 Division.
Objective:
- Foster military cooperation between India and Thailand.
- Enhance combined capabilities in executing joint counter-insurgency and terrorist operations in jungle and urban environments under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.
- Focus on high physical fitness, joint planning, and joint tactical drills.
Activities and Drills:
- Sharing best practices in tactics, techniques, and procedures for joint operations.
- Development of interoperability, bonhomie, and camaraderie.
- Tactical drills include creating a Joint Operation Centre, establishing an Intelligence and Surveillance Centre, using drones and counter-drone systems, securing a landing site, small team insertion and extraction, special heliborne operations, cordon and search operations, room intervention drills, and demolition of illegal structures.
Previous Edition: The last edition was conducted at Umroi, Meghalaya, in September 2019.
Q: Where is the 13th edition of India-Thailand joint military Exercise MAITREE being conducted?
A) Fort Vachiraprakan, Tak Province, Thailand
B) Umroi, Meghalaya, India
C) Bangkok, Thailand
D) New Delhi, India
Answer: A) Fort Vachiraprakan, Tak Province, Thailand
The 13th edition of India-Thailand joint military Exercise MAITREE is taking place from 1st to 15th July at Fort Vachiraprakan in Tak Province, Thailand.
