Exercise Tarang Shakti

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About Exercise ‘Tarang Shakti:

It will be the largest international air exercise ever conducted in India, with invitations extended to 51 countries.
This exercise aims to strengthen strategic relations with our friends from the international community.
Objective: The plan is to invite friendly foreign countries with whom the IAF interacts regularly and has a certain degree of interoperability.
Participating countries: Fifty-one countries were invited to take part in the exercise and nearly 30 of them will be taking part in it
- Phase one of the exercise will be conducted at Sulur in Tamil Nadu from August 6 to August 14 and four countries including France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom will participate with their assets.
- Phase two will be held at Jodhpur in Rajasthan from September 1 to 14 and it will see participation from Australia, Bangladesh, Greece, Singapore, UAE and the USA with their assets.
It represents a unique opportunity for these nations to collaborate and enhance their tactical and operational capabilities.

Q1: What is a strategic relationship?

It is a comprehensive concept that uses states to have relations with one another in political, social, cultural, religious, economic and security areas and the like.

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