{"id":373265,"date":"2026-10-06T17:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=373265"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:48:17","slug":"exercise-mountain-guardian-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-mountain-guardian-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise MOUNTAIN GUARDIAN 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The India-UAE Joint Military Exercise Mountain Guardian 2026 commenced at the Foreign Training Node in Chaubatia, Uttarakhand.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Exercise MOUNTAIN GUARDIAN 2026<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddindia.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-163225.png?resize=453%2C310&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Exercise Mountain Guardian 2026\" width=\"453\" height=\"310\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: DD NEWS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>Joint Military Exercise<\/strong> between <strong>India-UAE.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>aimed at enhancing interoperability, mutual understanding and cooperation<\/strong> between the two armies, with a <strong>focus on mountain warfare.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Duration:<\/strong> The exercise is being conducted from <strong>5th October to18th October 2026.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> The exercise is being hosted in <strong>Foreign Training Node, Chaubatia, Uttarakhand,<\/strong><strong>\u00a0India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Edition:<\/strong> 2026 edition is the <strong>inaugural edition<\/strong> of this exercise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Participation:<\/strong> A total of<strong> 92 personnel,<\/strong> with equal representation from both armies, are participating in the exercise.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Indian Army:<\/strong> The Indian Army contingent comprises troops from a Bhairav Battalion,<\/li>\n<li><strong>UAE Army:<\/strong> Its contingent includes personnel from a Mountain Infantry Battalion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Women officers and combatants from both armies<\/strong> are also participating in the exercise in various specialist roles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The participating troops will <strong>undertake a range of joint training activities, including joint planning, tactical drills, firing practices, establishment of surveillance grids,<\/strong> drone operations and physical endurance training.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The exercise will <strong>also include rock climbing, obstacle training and integrated field exercises.<\/strong> It has been designed to enhance the troops\u2019 ability to operate in challenging mountainous terrain.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The training will <strong>incorporate technology-enabled operations and facilitate the exchange of tactics, techniques and procedures<\/strong> between the two armies.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>It will provide an<strong> opportunity for the participating personnel to exchange professional experience, enhance tactical proficiency and share best practices<\/strong> in operational procedures.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"yellow-h2-box\">Other Exercises conducted between <strong>India-UAE:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Exercise DESERT CYCLONE:<\/strong>\u00a0It is a <strong>bilateral military exercise<\/strong> between the<strong> <span class=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\">Indian Army<\/span> and the <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-complete=\"true\">United Arab Emirates (UAE) <\/strong><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\"> Land Forces.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Exercise Gulf Waves:<\/strong>\u00a0It is a b<strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-complete=\"true\">ilateral naval exercise<\/strong> conducted between the <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-complete=\"true\">Indian Navy<\/strong> and the <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-complete=\"true\">United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Exercise Desert Eagle II:<\/b> It is a <strong>bilateral air force<\/strong> <strong>exercise<\/strong> between<strong> India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The India-UAE Joint Military Exercise Mountain Guardian 2026 commenced at the Foreign Training Node in Chaubatia, Uttarakhand. About Exercise MOUNTAIN GUARDIAN 2026 It is a Joint Military Exercise between India-UAE. It is aimed at enhancing interoperability, mutual understanding and cooperation between the two armies, with a focus on mountain warfare. Duration: The exercise is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-mountain-guardian-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exercise MOUNTAIN GUARDIAN 2026<\/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":[11872,11853],"class_list":["post-373265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-dd-news","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373265","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=373265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}