India Singapore Joint Military Exercise ‘Bold Kurukshetra 2025’:
India and Singapore commenced the joint military exercise ‘Bold Kurukshetra 2025’ in the desert region of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, with a focus on enhancing combat interoperability, especially in urban warfare and counter-terrorism. The exercise underscores the deepening strategic partnership between the two nations and represents a crucial step in preparing both armies for contemporary battlefield challenges.‘Bold Kurukshetra’ is a bilateral military exercise between the Indian Army and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), initiated under the framework of enhanced defence cooperation. The exercise is part of a broader defence engagement that includes naval and air exercises like SIMBEX (naval) and Joint Air Training. Previous editions of Bold Kurukshetra have been held in both India and Singapore, with each iteration building on lessons from the last.
