{"id":352223,"date":"2025-12-18T16:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=352223"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:32:15","slug":"exercise-desert-cyclone-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-desert-cyclone-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise DESERT CYCLONE\u2013II\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>An Indian Army contingent has departed for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to participate in the second edition of the India-UAE Joint Military Exercise DESERT CYCLONE-II.<\/p>\n<h2>About Exercise DESERT CYCLONE\u2013II<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/WhatsAppImage2025-12-17at9.24.34AMWTZZ.jpeg?resize=422%2C291&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Exercise DESERT CYCLONE\u2013II\" width=\"422\" height=\"291\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Exercise DESERT CYCLONE\u2013II is the<strong> second edition of the India\u2013UAE Joint Military Exercise<\/strong> being conducted in <strong>Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The exercise is scheduled to<strong> take place from 18 to 30 December 2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Participating Contingents<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Indian Army contingent<\/strong> <strong>consists of 45 personnel from a battalion of The Mechanised Infantry Regiment. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The<strong> UAE Land Forces<\/strong> are represented by a contingent of similar strength from the<strong> 53 Mechanised Infantry Battalion.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim of the Exercise:<\/strong> To enhance interoperability between the <strong>Indian Army and the UAE Land Forces.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong> The exercise seeks to foster defence cooperation through joint training in an urban operational environment.\n<ul>\n<li>It aims to prepare <strong>both forces for peacekeeping, counter-terrorism and stability operations under a United Nations mandate.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance of the Exercise<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Exercise DESERT CYCLONE\u2013II will <strong>further strengthen bilateral defence cooperation<\/strong> between the two nations.<\/li>\n<li>It will <strong>promote mutual understanding of tactics, techniques and procedures<\/strong> between the participating forces.<\/li>\n<li>The exercise will <strong>contribute to the development of interoperable capabilities b<\/strong>etween the Indian Army and the UAE Land Forces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: An Indian Army contingent has departed for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to participate in the second edition of the India-UAE Joint Military Exercise DESERT CYCLONE-II. About Exercise DESERT CYCLONE\u2013II Exercise DESERT CYCLONE\u2013II is the second edition of the India\u2013UAE Joint Military Exercise being conducted in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The exercise is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-desert-cyclone-ii\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exercise DESERT CYCLONE\u2013II\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11204,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-352223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352223","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\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}