The Indian and Japanese army on Wednesday carried out a drill together under the joint military exercise ‘Dharma Guardian 2022’ at Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre in Belagavi, Karnataka.

The annual military exercise between the Indian and Japanese Army commenced on February 27 and will continue till March 10.

Meanwhile, the Joint Military exercise also saw the participation of the 15th Battalion the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment of the Indian Army, and the 30th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Ground Self Defence Forces (JGSDF).

Exercise ‘Dharma Guardian 2022’ is an annual military training exercise. It is being conducted in India since 2018. The scope of this exercise covers platoon level joint training on operations in jungle and semi urban/urban terrain. The joint exercise schedule includes house interventions drills, raid on terrorist hideouts in semi urban terrain, combat first aid, unarmed combat and close quarter combat firing where both sides will jointly train, plan and execute a series of well-developed tactical drills for neutralisation of likely threats.

Special emphasis is being laid on enhancing tactical skills to fight global terrorism and on enhancing inter-operability between the forces and to promote Army to Army relations.

Other than Dharma Guardian, India and Japan conduct JIMEX exercise for Navy and SHINYUU Maitri for Air Force.

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