Indian Armed Forces contingent heads to Russia for Russian Kavkaz 2020 Exercise
- India is all set to participate in the Russian Kavkaz 2020 (Caucasus-2020) strategic command-post exercise to be held in September 2020.
- A tri-service Indian contingent comprising 150 personnel from Army, Air Force and Navy will head to Astrakhan in Southern Russia for the exercise.
- The exercise is scheduled to be held in September 15-26.
- Around 18 countries are supposed to take part in KavKaz 2020, including countries from Central Asian Republics who are part of SCO as well as China, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.
- The main objective of the exercises is development of techniques and systems for opposing cruise missiles and the general use of low-speed and small-sized UAVs.
