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An Indian Army contingent has departed connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) for the United Arab Emirates to enactment successful the 2nd variation of the India-United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) Joint Military Exercise Desert Cyclone II, scheduled to beryllium held astatine Abu Dhabi from December 18 to 30, 2025.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the Indian contingent comprises 45 personnel, chiefly drawn from a battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment. The U.A.E. Land Forces volition beryllium represented by a contingent of akin spot from the 53 Mechanised Infantry Battalion.
The purpose of the workout is to heighten interoperability and further fortify defence practice betwixt the Indian Army and the U.A.E. Land Forces. The associated grooming volition absorption connected sub-conventional operations successful an municipality situation nether a United Nations mandate, enabling some forces to run unneurotic successful peacekeeping, counter-terrorism and stableness operations, it added.
During the astir two-week-long exercise, troops from some sides volition bid unneurotic connected a wide scope of tactical drills, including warring successful built-up areas, heliborne operations and elaborate ngo planning. The workout volition besides spot the integration of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and counter-UAS techniques for the behaviour of operations successful municipality settings.
Building connected the momentum generated by the palmy sojourn of the Commander, U.A.E. Land Forces, connected October 27 and 28, 2025, and the Commander, U.A.E. Presidential Guard, from December 15 to 19, 2025, Exercise Desert Cyclone II is expected to further fortify bilateral defence practice betwixt India and the U.A.E.
The behaviour of Desert Cyclone II underscores the deepening strategical concern and subject diplomacy betwixt the 2 countries. It reaffirms their shared committedness to determination peace, information and stability, portion promoting communal knowing of tactics, techniques and procedures and contributing to the improvement of interoperable subject capabilities.
