By IANS
Ranchi : Armies of India and Thailand are sharing anti-terror tactics in a joint exercise underway at The Sikh Regiment Centre at Ramgarh in Jharkhand.
A hundred army personnel, 50 from each side, are participating in the 17-day joint exercise that began on Sep 3 and will end on Sep 19.
The joint exercise aimed at enhancing coordination and cooperation between the two armed forces in areas of defence and security has been codenamed Exercise Maiteree-07.
The focus of the exercise is train soldiers in carrying out counter insurgency operations in urban areas. Thailand is facing insurgency in the southern part of the country. As part of the joint exercise, troops are practicing basic drills including small team tactics, which are essential for successful counter-insurgency operations.
A joint training in rock assault, rappelling and slithering from helicopters was conducted as a method of quick insertion for successful operation in the urban scenario. The Thai army soldiers learnt about working in mixed buddy pairs from their Indian counterparts. The buddy pairs, comprising one Indian and one Thai army soldier learnt how to climb high structures.
“The exercise will help us in launching operations against insurgents in our own country. In the joint exercise we are sharing the Indian Army’s experience to deal with the insurgents,” said Lt. Col. Vinai Pimai of the Royal Thai Army.