New Delhi: In Uttarakhand (Uttarakhand), training of the US Army will take place at a distance of 100 km from the LAC. the US Army is coming to teach the Indian Army how to fight in the high altitude area. India is fully trained to fight in the high altitude area. From Kashmir to Ladakh, from Uttarakhand to Himachal, and from Sikkim to Arunachal in the Northeast, the Indian Army is deployed in difficult conditions. And to share this training, both countries are going to start the exercise on 15th November which will last till 2nd December.
The joint exercise between India and America has been going on since 2004, but this time the exercise will be completely different because for the first time this exercise has been organized in a high-altitude area. For this, Oli of Uttarakhand has been chosen which is at an altitude of 9500 feet. If we explain the high altitude, then the altitude of 8000 feet to 12000 feet above sea level comes in high altitude. Indian Army has full experience in fighting and deployment in all these. Weather is the biggest enemy here. Oxygen is low and the temperature is also minus.
Indian Army’s first high-altitude training node
In a similar challenging environment, a Foreign Training Node (FTN) has been prepared for joint military exercises. This is the first high-altitude training node of the Indian Army and the first exercise will be with the US Army. In the future, joint training with other friendly countries can also be done at high altitudes. In this training node built-in Auli, arrangements have been made for the soldiers coming from outside. Arrangements have been made to accommodate 350 soldiers here.
Indian army most experienced in high altitude areas
Since India fought and won the battle in Siachen, the world’s highest battlefield. After that, during the Kargil war, the Indian Army fought and won the war at a high altitude, then for the last two and a half years, it is stationed in Eastern Ladakh against China and it is also India’s victory that country like China has to be negotiated from the battlefield on the table. Had to come and withdraw his army. So probably any other country has as much experience as India has in high-altitude areas.
Together with America, all these experiences will be shared. Different types of military drills will be carried out in this exercise. How relief work is done in times of avalanches or any other natural calamity? To carry out the anti-terror operation in the high altitude area, military exercise between India and America is held every year. One year in India and the next year in America. Most of the exercises in America are held in Alaska, while in India, most of the exercises have been conducted in Ranikhet in Uttarakhand and Mahajan in Rajasthan, but till now only the experiences of jungle warfare were shared, now it is the turn of high altitude warfare.
