In order to increase the military readiness of the Armed Forces of the various nations, India, Indonesia, and Australia have agreed to several months of joint military exercises. The exercises will take place in the desert of the Australian Outback, the jungles of Borneo, and the Himalayan mountain range. This will allow the armed forces of the three nations to experience some of the most extreme environments in the world in terms of desert, jungle, and mountain warfare to enhance military readiness.
For the Indian contingent, India shall send an armoured brigade to partake in the Australian exercises, equipped with Arjun Mk. 2 tanks, to serve as a test bed for the vehicle. For the jungle exercises, an infantry brigade, including a Ghorka battallion, will be the Indian attachment. Finally, for the mountain exercises in the Himilayas, India shall send an entire Mountain Corps of some 45,000 men to participate. This formation is larger than the sole divisions sent overseas for purely pragmatic reasons, with the Indian Army having the division as its basic unit of manoeuvre and the Corps being the basic operational unit. Having the Army practice operational warfare as opposed to just tactical manoeuvring on the division level will be of great benefit.
The air attachment shall be a down sized air wing of the INS Vikrant, with 13 MiG-29K fighters and 10 HAL Dhruv helicopters. The ship will be escorted by two Kolkata-class destroyers, two Shivalik-class frigates, and the INS Chakra. This aeronaval attachment will allow ground forces of all nations learn how to coordinate cross-branch airstrike support through the use of simulated airstrikes on various targets. This will also give the new Indian carrier, the Vikrant, a chance to be run through its paces in a rather realistic scenario.
The Greater Strategic Staff shall also be sending an attachment to observe and record the events of the exercises to inform future exercises, wargames, and military policy.
The Australian and Indonesian forces will send whatever forces they deem appropriate, although we would encourage them to send both air and ground contingents to allow forces to practice cross-branch fire-support operations.
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> More than 16,000 scared residents have fled an unrest-hit city in Indonesia's Papua region, the military said on Monday, as one of the deadliest eruptions of violence in years sparked calls for an independent investigation.
> Since mid-August, Papua has been hit by waves of mass protests and violence fuelled by racism against indigenous Papuans by Indonesians from other parts of the archipelago, as well as calls for self-rule in the impoverished region.
> Indonesia: Thousands evacuated after violent protests in Papua.
> In August, protests broke out across Papua and in other parts of the country after the arrest, racial abuse and tear-gassing of dozens of Papuan students, in the city of Surabaya.
> Migrants have become an influential minority in Papua, moving there from other parts of the country in pursuit of opportunities in the mineral-rich region - home to the world's biggest gold mine.
> A low-level separatist rebellion has simmered for decades in the former Dutch colony - which shares New Guinea island with the independent nation of Papua New Guinea - after Jakarta took over in the 1960s.
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