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India-UAE Joint Army Drill Begins in Chaubatia, Uttarakhand
Exercise Mountain Guardian 2026 commences at the Foreign Training Node, Chaubatia, Uttarakhand. The joint military exercise involves India and the UAE, with a stated focus on Mountain Warfare and interoperability between the two armies.
Exercise Mountain Guardian 2026:
| Dimension | Key Details |
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| Outcomes | It provides for enhancing interoperability, mutual understanding, and cooperation. |
| Indian Army contingent | The Indian Army contingent comprises troops from a Bhairav Battalion, and women officers and combatants. |
| Participation of women personnel | Women officers and combatants from both armies are participating across specialist roles. |
| Training components | Training comprises joint planning, tactical drills, firing practices, establishment of surveillance grids, drone operations, physical endurance training, rock climbing, obstacle training, and integrated field exercises. |
| Operational approach | The training incorporates technology-enabled operations and exchange of tactics, techniques, and procedures relevant to operations in challenging mountainous terrain. |
| Military cooperation | It provides for strengthening military-to-military cooperation between India and the UAE, and reinforces bonds of friendship and trust between the two nations. |