{"id":340762,"date":"2025-06-18T16:41:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=340762"},"modified":"2025-06-19T19:43:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:13:46","slug":"exercise-shakti-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-shakti-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise SHAKTI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Indian Army contingent departed to participate in 8th edition of the biennial India-French Joint Military Exercise SHAKTI.<\/p>\n<h2>About Exercise SHAKTI<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_340763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340763\" style=\"width: 434px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-340763\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-DDNews-1.png?resize=434%2C278&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-DDNews-1.png?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-DDNews-1.png?resize=768%2C491&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-DDNews-1.png?w=889&amp;ssl=1 889w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-340763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; DD News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>biennial<\/strong> training event conducted alternatively between <strong>Indian and French armies<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> It is aimed at enhancing interoperability, operational coordination, and military to military connect.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2025 edition:<\/strong> The exercise will be conducted at <strong>Camp Larzac, La Cavalerie, France<\/strong> from 18th June 2025 to 1st July 2025.\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>last edition<\/strong> was conducted in <strong>France in November 2021.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focus:<\/strong> This edition will focus on <strong>joint operations in a sub-conventional environment<\/strong> under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, with training being conducted in <strong>semi-urban terrain<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Contingents involved:<\/strong> The Indian contingent comprising of 90 personnel is being represented primarily by a <strong>Battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles<\/strong> besides personnel from other arms and services.\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>French contingent<\/strong> comprising of 90 personnel will be represented by personnel from the <strong>13th Foreign Legion Half- Brigade (13th DBLE).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>It underscores the growing <strong>defence cooperation<\/strong> between India and France and will strengthen <strong>strategic ties<\/strong> between the two friendly nations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Indian Army contingent departed to participate in 8th edition of the biennial India-French Joint Military Exercise SHAKTI. About Exercise SHAKTI It is a biennial training event conducted alternatively between Indian and French armies. Aim: It is aimed at enhancing interoperability, operational coordination, and military to military connect. 2025 edition: The exercise will be&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-shakti-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exercise SHAKTI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":340763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11204,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-340762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-DDNews-1.png?fit=889%2C568&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}