INDIA - RUSSIA MILITARY EXERCISE

BACKGROUND OF INDRA

The end of the Cold War which brought greatly reduced defense budgets saw a collapse in ship building and naval activity in Russia throughout the 1990s.

During this time, the Russian navy had no presence in the Indian Ocean.

This changed in 2001, when a contingent of naval ships, including anti-submarine warfare vessels and a tanker, docked at Mumbai.

In April 2003, nine warships of the Russian navy departed from their bases at Sevastopol in the Black Sea and Vladivostok for the Indian Ocean. These units engaged in a number of exercises with the Indian navy. 

INDIA - RUSSIA RELATIONS

India and Russia friendship is well tested they both are strategic partners, activities undertaken by India and Russia combinedly, which definitely proves their friendship

BRAHMOS	The supersonic missile, one of the best the missile in the world has been developed  by both the nations.
FIFTH GENERATION FIGHTER PLANE	Both the nations are developing the most powerful and an advanced fighter plane.
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES	KGB and RAW are sharing the intelligence  gathered by them.
INDRA - MILITARY EXERCISE	It is a joint naval exercise performed  by both the nations jointly, since             2003,without a lapse.

these are just examples there are many more activities in which both the nations are involved.

INDRA2016

Exercise started in Vladivostok

In the Indra-2016 Indo-Russian joint military exercise, 250 soldiers of the Kumaon Regiment are representing the Indian Contingent and the Russian Army is being represented by 250 soldiers from the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade.

The Indra series of bilateral exercises has been one of the most important bilateral defense cooperation initiatives between India and Russia since 2003. The Indian contingent is scheduled to return to India once the exercise is complete in the first week of October.