The seventh edition of ‘Ajeya Warrior 2023’, a joint military exercise between India and the United Kingdom, began at the UK’s Salisbury Plains. The biennial training event will be held till May 11.
The exercises are conducted alternatively in the UK and India and the last edition was held at Chaubatia, Uttarakhand in October 2021.
The soldiers of the 2 Royal Gorkha Rifles from the UK and Indian Army troops from the Bihar Regiment are participating in the military exercise. The Indian Army contingent arrived at Brize Norton on April 26 in an Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft with indigenous weapons and equipment.
The aim of the military exercise is to “build positive military relations, imbibe each other’s best practices and promote the ability to operate together while undertaking company-level sub-conventional operations in urban and semi-urban environments under UN mandate”, said the ministry of defence.