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Russian-Indian military drills begin in Russia's Far East

Xinhua, September 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

The joint Russian-Indian Indra-2016 drills started Friday at the Sergeyevsky shooting range in Russia's Far Eastern Primorsky Territory, said Russian Eastern Military District (EMD).

Over 500 Russian and Indian members of the military, 50 units of infantry fighting vehicles, T-72 tanks, an unmanned aerial vehicle detachment, as well as EMD's attack and army aviation are involved in the drills, said the district's spokesperson Vladimir Matveev.

The joint military exercises will end on Oct. 2.

The two countries have been conducting anti-terror drills since 2003. Previous joint drills with EMD's participation were conducted in 2013 at the Mahajan shooting range in India. Endi