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The 18th edition of Indo - US joint training exercise "Yudh Abhyas 22" will be conducted in Uttarkhand this month, the <keyword id="6369097" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="ministry-of-defence" source="Orion">Ministry of Defence</keyword> said on Tuesday. Exercise Yudh Abhyas is conducted annually between India and USA with the aim of exchanging best practices, <keyword id="104836" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="tactics" source="Orion">Tactics</keyword>, Techniques and Procedures between the Armies of the two nations. The previous edition of the exercise was conducted at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska (USA) in October 2021. According to the ministry's statement, <keyword id="57857" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="us-army" source="Orion">US Army</keyword> soldiers of the 2nd Brigade of the 11th Airborne Division and <keyword id="6354416" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="indian-army" source="Orion">Indian Army</keyword> soldiers from the ASSAM Regiment will participate in the exercise. "The training schedule focuses on the employment of an integrated battle group under Chapter VII of the <keyword id="15524210" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="un-mandate" source="Orion">UN Mandate</keyword>. The schedule will include all operations related to peacekeeping and peace enforcement. The troops from both nations will work together to achieve common objectives," the statement said, adding that the joint exercise will also focus on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations. Troops from both nations will practice launching swift and coordinated relief efforts in the wake of any natural calamity. The Defence Ministry further said that the exercise would facilitate both armies to share their wide experiences, and skills and enhance their techniques through information exchange. "In order to derive full benefit from the professional skills and experiences of both armies, a Command Post Exercise and Expert Academic Discussions (EAD) on carefully selected topics will be carried out. The scope of the Field Training Exercise includes the validation of integrated battle groups, force multipliers, establishment and functioning of surveillance grids, validation of operational logistics, mountain warfare skills, casualty evacuation and combat medical aid in adverse terrain and climatic conditions. The exercise will involve exchanges and practices on a wide spectrum of combat skills including combat engineering, employment of UAS/Counter UAS techniques and information operations," the statement read. "The exercise will facilitate both Armies to share their wide experiences, and skills and enhance their techniques through information exchange," it added. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/vegetable-prices-in-tn-soar-as-rain-pounds-state/articleshow/95525509.cms">Vegetable prices in TN soar as rain pounds state</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/us-orders-air-india-to-pay-121-5-million-as-passenger-refunds-and-1-4-million-as-fines/articleshow/95525822.cms">US orders Air India to pay $121.5 million as passenger refunds and $1.4 million as fines</a>

"Yudh Abhyas 22" will be conducted in Uttarkhand this month

<ul class="summary-list"><li>In October, US and Indian soldiers trained in <keyword id="12020240" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alaska" source="Orion">Alaska</keyword> during the latest version of the <keyword id="12658337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="yudh-abhyas" source="Orion">Yudh Abhyas</keyword> exercise.</li><li>This year's iteration was the 17th of the exercise but only the second time it has been in Alaska.</li></ul>US and Indian soldiers have conducted the Yudh Abhyas exercise for 17 years, but the version held in late October was only the second time they've ventured to Alaska for it.This year's exercise was conducted as both countries face rising tensions with <keyword id="11892748" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword>, but that was far from mind as soldiers scrambled through deep snow and over mountainous terrain.Relations with China "did not enter anybody's mind in the course of this exercise," Col. Jody Shouse, the senior US Army officer at the exercise, told Insider in an interview in October. "This exercise was completely about coming together with the <keyword id="11893656" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="indian-army" source="Orion">Indian Army</keyword> and becoming one, and China was not factored into this in any way."<div type="image" title="Indian soldiers with rifles in Alaska" height="1428" width="2000" msid="88059617" hostid="261"></div>While strategic-level issues, mainly disputes with China, have brought the countries closer in recent years, exercises like Yudh Abhyas are a part of decades-long efforts by their militaries to work together.Those "bottom-up" efforts are not always linked to higher-level strategic rationales, said Arzan Tarapore, a research scholar at Stanford University focused on South Asian security.The US and Indian militaries are "training to share knowledge about certain mission sets, to share knowledge about certain competencies, and to learn about each other," Tarapore told Insider. "That's just what they do."<h2>What Alaska offers</h2><div type="image" title="Indian soldiers and US Army paratroopers during Yudh Abhyas in Alaska" height="1335" width="2000" msid="88059619" hostid="261"></div>Yudh Abhyas alternates between <keyword id="11892747" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> and the US, and this iteration was a year in the making, according to Shouse, commander of the US Army's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) — the Army's newest airborne brigade combat team and the only one in the Pacific.The US and Indian units involved and other higher-level US commanders met several times over the past year to arrange the exercise's two components: a command-post exercise simulating a UN peacekeeping mission and a field-training exercise in different locations in Alaska, held simultaneously."We had to select officers from various areas and fields of expertise for the CP exercise. Some of them had some experience with the UN before," Brig. Parag Nangare, 136th (I) Infantry Group commander and senior Indian Army officer at the exercise, told Insider during the interview."They brought their experiences and their standard operating procedures with them. We brought ours with us, and then we were able to put them together and create one standard operating procedure at the command-post exercise level," Shouse said.<div type="image" title="US and Indian soldiers during Yudh Abhyas in Alaska" height="1333" width="2000" msid="88059621" hostid="261"></div>The field-training exercise was in two parts. The first week consisted of "a kind of a round-robin circuit drill" during which US and Indian soldiers formed four teams that each spent a day at different stations, Shouse said.Those stations included training to evacuate casualties and sling-loading artillery with helicopters, load and unload aircraft, counter-drone and counter-improvised-explosive-device training, rappel towers and obstacle courses, and weapons familiarization. They also had sports days and <a href="https://newsable.asianetnews.com/video/india-defence/yudh-abhas-2021-sidelines-from-bollywood-dance-numbers-to-roasting-marshmallows-r1kp0z" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cultural exchanges</a>.The first week was "the building block of the cohesiveness" that was seen during the final exercise, held in Alaska's mountains during the last week of October, Nangare said.US and Indian soldiers also went to the <a href="https://www.jber.jb.mil/Portals/144/units/JPARC/PDF/JPARC-Black-Rapids-Training-Area.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Black Rapids training area</a> near Denali Mountain for training in "very extreme altitudes and a very extreme, mountainous environment," Shouse said.That training, done at altitudes of 14,000 feet, allowed both sides to hone their craft.<div type="image" title="US and Indian soldiers rappel down wall" height="1335" width="2000" msid="88059623" hostid="261"></div>"The lesson learned, really, in all this is the Indian army are probably better climbers than the US Army," Shouse said. "We have learned a tremendous amount from what these gentlemen have learned in their country, because they operate at 16,000 feet every single day."Nangare singled out the training in the mountains and with "the technological availabilities that the US Army has" as especially valuable.The only other Yudh Abhyas to take place in Alaska was a decade ago, and this year both sides wanted to take advantage of Alaska's mountainous terrain and adverse conditions to "hone their skills and their craft in a different geographical location," Shouse said.The "shared hardships" of training in that area promoted bonding, the US commander said.The day Shouse and Nangare spoke to Insider, both had been snowshoeing in the mountains when the weather "turned really bad on us," Shouse added. "That is just what Alaska offers you."<h2>Partners competing together</h2><div type="image" title="US and Indians soldiers conduct sling-load training with CH-47 Chinook helicopter" height="1294" width="2000" msid="88059625" hostid="261"></div>About 100 troops participated in the first Yudh Abhyas in Alaska, "and this time we have a strength of approximately about 650," Nangare said. "That shows the importance of the training and the exercise."Nangare said there are procedures in place for returning personnel to share their experiences with troops doing similar tasks in India.Those troops may get more first-hand experience next year, when Yudh Abhyas returns to India. US and Indian officials are already planning for that exercise, in which many of the same US soldiers, including Shouse, will participate."I am absolutely going to put our forces on the ground in the Himalayas," Shouse said. "With the new <keyword id="11905238" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="arctic" source="Orion">Arctic</keyword> strategy out and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/army-looks-to-allies-partners-to-regain-arctic-military-dominance-2021-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Army want[ing] us to be dominant in the Arctic</a>, that takes every bit of time that we have to train in very mountainous and extreme conditions, and the Himalayas is just going to give us another way of doing that."<div type="image" title="US and Indian soldiers use metal detector in Alaska" height="1333" width="2000" msid="88059627" hostid="261"></div>The Himalayas stretch across India's northern frontier, and in recent years Indian forces have had <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-intelligence-sharing-with-india-helps-monitor-chinese-military-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two major standoffs</a> with Chinese troops <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-india-recalibrating-after-doklam-but-future-conflict-possible-2018-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in disputed areas</a> on the eastern and western ends of that frontier.Mountain training is a longstanding focus for the Indian army, and previous iterations of Yudh Abhyas in India took place elsewhere in the Himalayas. If next year's exercise is "near disputed territory, that would be a bit of a political signal," Tarapore said.US military officials say the two countries have "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-intelligence-sharing-with-india-helps-monitor-chinese-military-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gotten closer</a>" because of those standoffs, with the US providing intelligence and material support at India's request, including 10,000 sets of cold-weather gear and sleeping bags, the US Army's top civilian official said this week."We would continue to do that and look favorably upon those kinds of requests," Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said at <a href="https://www.csis.org/events/chinas-power-debate-2021-keynote-remarks-secretary-christine-wormuth-us-armys-view-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a think-tank</a> event. "We're actually going to be giving them some more next spring."India has been competing and clashing with China for decades — they fought a major border war in 1962 — and it <a href="https://www.ajaishukla.com/2021/01/armys-pivot-to-north.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has moved</a> independently to bolster its <a href="https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2021/11/08/india-readies-troops-for-another-harsh-winter-on-border-with-china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">military posture</a>, including <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3154103/china-india-border-dispute-india-deploys-us-made-weaponry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with US weaponry</a>, along that frontier (<a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3157794/china-india-border-building-boom-himalayas-beijing-shores" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as has China</a>), so New Delhi isn't "buying into a US program" to counter Beijing, Tarapore said.<div type="image" title="Indian soldiers capture opposition forces in Alaska" height="1333" width="2000" msid="88059629" hostid="261"></div>India has long eschewed formal alliances, seeking "strategic autonomy," nor is the US offering such an alliance to India, "but the partnership is doing everything it can up to that point," Tarapore said."This is an India that is competing with China and a US that is competing with China coming together and realizing that they have a lot of mutual interests in how they can compete with China together," Tarapore added.At the soldier-to-soldier level, the value of Yudh Abhyas and the reward of working together during it was clear, Shouse and Nangare said."I've been in command for about four months now. This has been the single most rewarding exercise that I have been able to be a part of," Shouse said, "We cannot do anything in this world without our partners, and it is exercises like this that strengthens that."In the field and during the command-post exercise, US and Indian soldiers worked "like a homogeneous single entity," Nangare said. "The bonding that has taken place between the troops of both countries is amazing to see."

With China out of mind, US and Indian soldiers team up for rare exercise in rough Alaskan conditions

<keyword id="6354416" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="indian-army" source="Orion">Indian Army</keyword> troops are using trained <keyword id="25561" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="kites" source="Orion">Kites</keyword> to prey on enemy drones in a first-of-its-kind usage of these birds. Indian Army is using trained Kites along with dogs for military operations, Army officials said. Such a capability can help the security forces to tackle the menace of drones coming from across the border to Indian areas in <keyword id="6354953" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="punjab" source="Orion">Punjab</keyword> and Jammu and Kashmir. Several cases have come to light where drones coming from Pakistside dropped consignment of drugs, guns and money in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. Recently on November 24, Jammu and Kashmir Police recovered a consignment of weapons and Indian currency that were dropped by a Pakistani drone in the <keyword id="14535" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="samba" source="Orion">Samba</keyword> district of Jammu. The Indian Army demonstrated the use of kites to prey on enemy drones during the ongoing joint training exercise <keyword id="15648208" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="yuddh-abhyas" source="Orion">Yuddh Abhyas</keyword> in Auli, Uttarakhand. Meanwhile, the 18th edition of the Indo-US joint training exercise "Yudh Abhyas 22" commenced in Uttarakhand's Auli on Saturday. Exercise Yudh Abhyas is conducted annually between India and US with the aim of exchanging best practices, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures between the Armies of the two nations. The previous edition of the exercise was conducted at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska (US) in October 2021. <keyword id="57857" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="us-army" source="Orion">US Army</keyword> soldiers of the 2nd Brigade of the 11th Airborne Division and Indian Army soldiers from the ASSAM Regiment are participating in the exercise. The training schedule focuses on the employment of an integrated battle group under Chapter VII of the UN Mandate. The scope of the Field Training Exercise includes the validation of integrated battle groups, force multipliers, establishment and functioning of surveillance grids, validation of operational logistics, mountain warfare skills, casualty evacuation and combat medical aid in adverse terrain and climatic conditions. According to the Army, the joint exercise focuses on deploying an infantry battalion group in peacekeeping and disaster relief operations under the mandate of the US. The Yudh Abhyas is a 15-day-long exercise that will focus on high altitude and extremely cold climate warfare. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/banks/news/list-of-bank-holidays-in-december-2022-month/articleshow/95851343.cms">Here is a list of bank holidays in December 2022</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/us-weekly-flu-hospitalisations-hit-record-high-since-2010/articleshow/95851463.cms">US weekly flu hospitalisations hit record high since 2010</a>

In a first, Indian Army trains kites to destroy enemy drones

<ul class="summary-list"><li>US soldiers are training with Indian troops in the Himalayas this month for exercise Yudh Abhyas.</li><li>This year's version of the exercise is being held near India's disputed border with China.</li></ul>US soldiers arrived in India this month for Yudh Abhyas, venturing to the Himalayas for the 18th iteration of the annual exercise to train in cold, mountainous conditions with Indian troops.The exercise, held around Auli in the northern state of Uttarakhand, comes as the US and India both manage rising tensions with China, and the training is seen as a message to each other and to China about the strength of their relations.Yudh Abhyas has alternated between the US and India since the early 2000s. In 2021, it took place <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-indian-soldiers-yudh-abhyas-exercise-alaska-amid-china-tension-2021-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in Alaska for only the second time</a>. The US participants this year are members of the Alaska-based 11th Airborne Division, which was reactivated this summer <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-alaska-army-unit-extends-reach-in-arctic-and-beyond-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to focus on operations in extreme cold and mountainous conditions</a> — a skill set getting renewed attention from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-british-navies-step-up-arctic-presence-with-carrier-operations-2022-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the US, its allies, and their rivals</a>."The Army typically doesn't go to the Himalayas, and now we have an Arctic force and we're training in the Arctic. We feel confident that we could do things like that now that the Army couldn't do before," Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler, 11th Airborne Division commander, said in an interview at the Association of the US Army conference in Washington DC in October."The Indian Army asked us last year to train at 10,000 feet up in the Himalayas," Gen. Charles Flynn, head of the US Army's Pacific forces, said at the conference. "Now we have a force capable of being able to say, 'Yes, we'll be there.'"According to an Indian <a href="https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1876038" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>, the two-week exercise will focus on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief and include "all operations related to peace keeping &amp; peace enforcement." In addition to a command-post exercise and expert discussions, it will include a field-training exercise involving "establishment and functioning of surveillance grids," mountain-warfare training, and casualty evacuation and combat medical aid "in adverse terrain and climatic conditions," as well as drone and counter-drone operations, the release says.The exercise was originally scheduled for October and US soldiers wanted to parachute in, but the jump didn't work out and the exercise was delayed until this month, kicking off on November 19.<div type="image" title="US Army soldiers play cards in Uttarakhand India Himalaya" height="1500" width="2000" msid="95694890" hostid="261" sizebytes="643418"></div>"But they do want us to be up there and have us in Himalayas, and we're like, 'Yeah, absolutely,'" Eifler said, adding as part of US Indo-Pacific Command, his division's task is to focus on working with countries in the region "that have those extreme cold [conditions] and mountain terrain."Yudh Abyhas has previously taken place elsewhere in northern India, including in Uttarakhand, but this year it is being held only about 60 miles from the Line of Actual Control, a 2,100-mile boundary separating China and India that was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/world/asia/india-china-border.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">established</a> as part of a truce following their 1962 border war.Parts of the LAC remain disputed, and after decades of relative calm, that dispute <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amid-border-dispute-tensions-how-china-and-india-militaries-compare-2020-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flared in June 2020</a>, when at least 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese troops were killed in a brawl in the Ladakh region northwest of where Yudh Abyhas is being held.Since then, New Delhi and Beijing have held <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-china-agree-for-more-military-talks-to-resolve-pending-lac-issues/article66011447.ece" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a series of talks</a> leading to the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-india-tanks-armor-could-make-future-war-much-deadlier-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disengagement of troops and equipment</a> that both sides moved into the area before and after the June 2020 clash, but they continue to <a href="https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/china-building-spree-at-depsang-plains/cid/1898521" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bolster</a> their <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3185506/chinese-military-upgrades-near-disputed-himalayan-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">military</a> presence and <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-developing-infrastructure-along-china-border-for-surveillance-army-3292799" target="_blank" rel="noopener">infrastructure</a> in the region.<div type="image" title="India army convoy Kashmir Ladakh" height="1710" width="2500" msid="95694894" hostid="261" sizebytes="699856"></div>"The US and India probably anticipated that conducting the exercise near the Chinese border would draw Beijing's ire. It sends a useful hint — to both China and equally the Indian Army — that the US appreciates India's security concerns on the border," Arzan Tarapore, South Asia research scholar at Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, told Insider."But as far as political signaling goes, the US and India have still left some room to escalate — while this iteration is near the border, it is not near disputed stretches of the LAC or near recent crisis areas," Tarapore added.The exercise also reflects the recent advancement of US-Indian relations, particularly on defense issues. "The deepening of strategic and defense ties on a bilateral front has been significant," India's ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, <a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/11/10/conversation-with-ambassador-taranjit-singh-sandhu-event-7976" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> this month.Between 2002 and 2020, the two militaries signed four foundational agreements allowing for expanded cooperation <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-intelligence-sharing-with-india-helps-monitor-chinese-military-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on logistics and communications and sharing of classified information</a>.<div type="image" title="India army soldiers in Alaska Arctic Yudh Abhyas" height="1333" width="2000" msid="95694897" hostid="261" sizebytes="100924"></div>In addition to <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/india-us-brothers-in-arms-1856465-2021-09-23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increased</a> US arms sales and larger exercises, the militaries have achieved several milestones in recent years, including the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-sends-message-with-historic-bomber-flights-2021-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first visit by a US bomber aircraft</a> and the <a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/news/427397/us-navys-military-sealift-command-conducts-maintenance-india" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first repair of a US naval ship</a> in an Indian shipyard.The US Army has sent India's army some 30,000 sets of "extreme cold-weather gear" for individuals and small units "over the last couple of years," Flynn said in October, "because operating at that altitude and in those conditions is radically different" from other environments.Tarapore, whose researches Indian defense policy, said that beyond political signals, US-Indian military exercises should aim to build "understanding, trust, and interoperability.""We should be watching to see if each iteration of Yudh Abayas gets more realistic, more complicated, tests more military functions, and scenarios more likely to be used in the real world," Tarapore told Insider, adding that this year's focus on disaster response and "some fairly complex staff and field components" was "a good sign.""The more complex and realistic an exercise is, the better postured they will be to work together in real contingencies — and to deter potential adversaries," Tarapore said. "Ultimately, that's the goal of the military relationship."

US and Indian troops are teaming up for tough training in the Himalayas near a tense border with China

<keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword>'s <keyword id="35090" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Exports" source="Orion">exports</keyword> shrank by 16.65 per cent to $29.78 billion in October 2022 against the corresponding period of last year. According to <keyword id="6365809" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="commerce-ministry" source="Orion">Commerce Ministry</keyword> data, imports though rose to $56.69 billion in October 2022 as against $53.64 billion in October 2021. In the April-October 2022 period, exports grew 12.55 per cent to $263.35 billion. Imports during the same period rose 33.12 per cent to $436.81 billion, the data showed. Rising global inflation, the Russia-Ukraine war, the growing China-Taiwan crisis and supply chain disruptions have impacted economic growth worldwide, thus leading to shrinking demands. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/mumbai-tops-in-new-property-launches-in-q3-delhi-saw-the-highest-decline-anarock/articleshow/95531567.cms">Mumbai tops in new property launches in Q3, Delhi saw the highest decline: Anarock</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/yudh-abhyas-22-will-be-conducted-in-uttarkhand-this-month/articleshow/95531667.cms">"Yudh Abhyas 22" will be conducted in Uttarkhand this month</a>

Exports shrink by 16.6% to $29.78 bn in Oct

The Kerala government on Tuesday sounded an alert in seven districts in the state against the spread of <keyword id="6360092" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="dengue" source="Orion">Dengue</keyword> fever. State health minister <keyword id="3296362" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="veena-george" source="Orion">Veena George</keyword> said an alert has been issued to Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Palakkad, <keyword id="6354399" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="kozhikode" source="Orion">Kozhikode</keyword> and <keyword id="69399" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="malappuram" source="Orion">Malappuram</keyword> districts as the dengue cases were on a rise there. The government has also decided to observe a dry day campaign every week by cleaning public places, and houses and removing stagnant water, <keyword id="11802" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="george" source="Orion">George</keyword> noted. "Other districts should also remain vigilant and engage in eliminating mosquito breeding sites," she said in a release. The minister also issued directions to all district authorities to step up the dengue preventive measures as the state has been receiving monsoon rains which may lead to water logging in many places. A high-level meeting chaired by the minister was held to review the situation in various districts. "All districts have been asked to follow the action plan and a proper evaluation will be conducted. The cleaning fund for each ward in the local bodies must be utilised effectively," the minister said. Directions were issued to the local self-government bodies to inspect construction sites, drainage, and other possible locations for waterlogging and destroying mosquito breeding sources. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/yudh-abhyas-22-will-be-conducted-in-uttarkhand-this-month/articleshow/95531667.cms">"Yudh Abhyas 22" will be conducted in Uttarkhand this month</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/indias-population-growth-appears-to-be-stabilising-un-as-world-figure-crosses-8-billion/articleshow/95534720.cms">India's population growth appears to be stabilising: UN as world figure crosses 8 billion</a>

Kerala govt issues alert in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Ernakulam and 3 more districts as dengue cases spike

Good books continue to receive appreciation from readers despite the proliferation of social media and other means of engagement, according to veteran author <keyword id="65736" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="ruskin-bond" source="Orion">Ruskin Bond</keyword>. "The surroundings will change, but if an author is able to tell stories that can establish a connection with the readers, those stories will find readers," he said after formally launching a book by Guwahati-based author-journalist <keyword id="2326" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="manoj" source="Orion">Manoj</keyword> <keyword id="14538706" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="kumar-goswami" source="Orion">Kumar Goswami</keyword> at his residence here on Sunday. Praising Goswami's literary and journalistic journey spanning several decades, <keyword id="6368266" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="bond" source="Orion">Bond</keyword> said, "I am delighted to launch his book of short stories. I am sure, through this, he will win many more readers and please the ones he already has." <keyword id="2911051" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="reminiscing" source="Orion">Reminiscing</keyword> his own literary journey, Bond said he feels fortunate to be read and appreciated by generations of readers. In "Muppet and Other Stories", Goswami acknowledges the horrors of intimate struggles among the natives of Assam. Irrespective of their professions, the characters always find themselves in a dilemma, dealing with the overarching theme of humanity. Love wears a veil of trust and longingness, only to be shattered by bleak reality. "Muppet and Other Stories" boil in the realm of characters like an old woman, who is blissfully satisfied at being the only one to know about her deceased husband's darkest secrets and youth at a bookstall, fantasising about a woman in a sky-blue sari, exploring opportunities to begin a new life with her. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/yudh-abhyas-22-will-be-conducted-in-uttarkhand-this-month/articleshow/95531667.cms">"Yudh Abhyas 22" will be conducted in Uttarkhand this month</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/indian-origin-paediatrician-angraj-khillan-wins-australian-of-the-year-award/articleshow/95552979.cms">Indian-origin paediatrician Angraj Khillan wins Australian of the Year award</a>

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As the global population reached 8 billion, the UN on Tuesday said <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword>'s population growth appears to be stabilising which shows that the country's national policies and health systems, including access to family planning services, are working. The world population touched eight billion on Tuesday and India was the largest contributor to the milestone, having added 177 million people, the <keyword id="6355833" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="united-nations" source="Orion">United Nations</keyword> said., noting that for China, which added 73 million people, the projection is its contribution to the next billion in the global population is to be in the negative. "The good news is that India's population growth appears to be stabilising. The Total Fertility Rate - more or less the average number of children born per woman - has declined from 2.2 to 2.0 at the national level," the <keyword id="73046" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="united-nations-population-fund" source="Orion">United Nations Population Fund</keyword> (UNFPA) said. A total of 31 states and <keyword id="390245" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="union-territories" source="Orion">Union Territories</keyword> (constituting 69.7 per cent of the country's population) have achieved fertility rates below the replacement level of 2.1, it said. The main reasons for the decline in fertility include an increase in the adoption of modern family planning methods (from 47.8 per cent in 2015-16 to 56.5 per cent in 2019-21) and a reduction in unmet need for family planning by four per cent points over the same period, it said. "This indicates significant improvements in access to family planning-related information and services. In summary, it shows that India's national population policies and health systems are working," the UN body said. India is a youthful nation with the largest cohort of young people anywhere in the world, with major potential to achieve its demographic dividend. While many parts of the world are ageing, India's youthful population can be a global resource to solve global problems, the UNFPA said. While the world's population will continue to grow to around 10.4 billion in the 2080s, the overall rate of growth is slowing down, it said. The world is more demographically diverse than ever before, with countries facing starkly different population trends ranging from growth to decline, the UNFPA added. "We must focus on investing in each person to achieve a quality of life that allows them to thrive equally and with dignity in our modern world, building inclusive societies and sustainable economies in the face of overlapping crises. "And India, coupling efforts to drive gender equality with the greatest youth generation in history, supported by world-class innovation in digital public goods, is positioned to help the world achieve the <keyword id="879547" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="sustainable-development-goals" source="Orion">Sustainable Development Goals</keyword> more than any other," said <keyword id="13703167" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="shombi-sharp" source="Orion">Shombi Sharp</keyword>, UN Resident Coordinator in India The UN said two-thirds of the global population lives in a low fertility context, where the lifetime fertility is below 2.1 births per woman. At the same time, population growth has become increasingly concentrated among the world's poorest countries, most of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. Against this backdrop, the global community must ensure that all countries, regardless of whether their populations are growing or shrinking, are equipped to provide good quality of life to their people and can lift up and empower their most marginalised sections, the UN said. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/yudh-abhyas-22-will-be-conducted-in-uttarkhand-this-month/articleshow/95531667.cms">"Yudh Abhyas 22" will be conducted in Uttarkhand this month</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/exports-shrink-by-16-6-to-29-78-bn-in-oct/articleshow/95532058.cms">Exports shrink by 16.6% to $29.78 bn in Oct</a>

India's population growth appears to be stabilising: UN as world figure crosses 8 billion

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="59606" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="arctic">Arctic</keyword> strategy released by the Army in March reflects the US military's increasing focus on the region.</li><li>While the Army has long operated in <keyword id="20636" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Alaska">Alaska</keyword>, it's looking abroad to learn more about handling harsh conditions and tough terrain.</li></ul>In March, the Army became the latest military branch to release an Arctic strategy, titled "<a href="https://api.army.mil/e2/c/downloads/2021/03/15/9944046e/regaining-arctic-dominance-us-army-in-the-arctic-19-january-2021-unclassified.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Regaining Arctic Dominance</a>," outlining how it will pursue the Defense Department's goal of defending US interests in that increasingly accessible region.The Army is still <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-army-figuring-out-whats-needed-to-regain-arctic-dominance-2021-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">determining what materials, training, and infrastructure it will need</a>, and officials say it will also need to draw on the knowledge and experience of allies that operate in extreme cold weather, on mountainous terrain, and at high altitudes.This year's Arctic Warrior exercise, led by <keyword id="11057847" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="us-army-alaska">US Army Alaska</keyword>, reflected the new focus on operating in the region during "the coldest parts of the year," Maj. Gen. Peter Andrysiak, commander of US Army Alaska, told Insider in a March interview.<div type="image" title="Canadian army Chinook helicopter Alaska Arctic" height="1324" width="2000" msid="82279643" hostid="261"></div>That exercise included a Canadian aviation unit, and Canadian troops will participate in the upcoming Arctic Edge exercise in Alaska, a reflection of the two countries' longstanding defense ties."What we're trying to do as we move forward with this is expand our relationships with other allies and partners that have to operate in a similar environment," Andrysiak added, naming <keyword id="6356961" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="norway">Norway</keyword>, <keyword id="23050" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Sweden">Sweden</keyword>, and Finland.As the Army focused on the Middle East over the past two decades, its relationships with European Arctic countries got less attention, but that will change, Andrysiak said at a press briefing in March."We've been given the green light to ... start working with other allies and partners, and that includes Norway and the other allies and partners up in that area," Andrysiak said at the briefing. "We know that there's a lot that we have to learn, because obviously Norway has a great history of being able to operate in and through that particular environment."As a NATO member, Norway has for decades worked with the US military, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/marines-in-norway-face-language-differences-as-they-train-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">storing gear and hosting troops</a> for training.<div type="image" title="US Army Special Forces Sweden" height="1080" width="1920" msid="82279645" hostid="261"></div>Sweden and Finland are not in NATO but have worked more closely with the alliance amid recent tensions with Russia.Already in 2021, US soldiers <a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/news/390170/kleber-soldiers-participate-finnish-armys-winter-combat-course" target="_blank" rel="noopener">participated</a> in a Finnish winter-combat course, and Army Green Berets took part in a Swedish <a href="https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2021/04/amerikanskt-specialforband-ovade-vinterstrid-i-norr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">winter-warfare exercise</a>.The Army also sought feedback from foreign forces as it put together the Arctic strategy document."Within the Pentagon, we have a number of exchange officers and liaison officers, and we've been in contact with all of those, who've been offering some of the best practices ... and taking a look at drafts," Col. J.P. Clark, chief of the strategy division within the Army general staff, said at a separate March press conference."We have been able to incorporate some of our allies and partners in this in terms of the formulation, and we think that we'll build forces that can definitely train, operate, and fight alongside" those militaries, Clark added.<h2>'The million-dollar question'</h2><div type="image" title="Army Canada Arctic Baffin Island" height="1503" width="2000" msid="82279647" hostid="261"></div>Many of the Army forces permanently stationed in the Arctic or sub-Arctic are based in Alaska, but conditions differ between Arctic regions. Norway, for example, spans the same latitudes as northern <keyword id="6356687" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="canada">Canada</keyword> and Siberia but is more hospitable because of the <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111202091148.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gulf Stream</a>."A unit accustomed and optimized for Alaska operations might have some difficulties if suddenly deployed to the European Arctic," the Army's strategy says.How to ensure Army units can operate across those regions is "the million-dollar question," Andrysiak told Insider. "We've got to also better understand the environment and how the Arctic is different in those locations."The strategy says Arctic-capable units outside of the Arctic will be involved in planning in order "to identify appropriate mitigation measures" for those differences. Work with allies and partners in the Pacific "that have some degree of proficiency in this capability" will also continue, Andrysiak said.US Army Pacific, of which US Army Alaska is part, has directed Andrysiak's command to pursue more training with India, and US Army Alaska will soon assume responsibility for the bilateral exercise Yudh Abhyas.While Yudh Abhyas has been desert-focused, it will shift to "more of a mountainous scenario," Andrysiak told Insider.<div type="image" title="US India Army soldiers Alaska Yudh Abhyas" height="1363" width="2000" msid="82279648" hostid="261"></div>"This fall, they're going to come out to Alaska, and we're going to train with them, and then a year from that timeframe, we're going to go out to India and train in the Himalayas," Andrysiak said. "That's the mountainous aspect of the problem that we're trying to build capabilities in."For the most recent Yudh Abhyas, US soldiers from Washington state <a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/news/389547/yudh-abhyas-concludes-with-strengthened-indo-us-partnership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">traveled</a> to northwest India for training that concluded in February. Indian soldiers have <a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/news/59322/indian-army-soldiers-qualify-range-exchanged-tactics-with-us-army-alaska-soldiers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">traveled</a> to Alaska for previous iterations of Yudh Abhyas.India is working on its own <a href="https://science.thewire.in/environment/india-draft-arctic-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arctic strategy</a>, and after a deadly standoff with China along their disputed border in the Himalayas last year - the first in decades - India is also focusing more on mountain operations, adding <a href="https://www.ajaishukla.com/2021/01/armys-pivot-to-north.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a mountain strike corps</a> to bolster its defenses in an area where <a href="https://warontherocks.com/2020/06/tension-high-altitude-higher-logistical-and-physiological-constraints-on-the-indo-chinese-border/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">altitude and terrain</a> make any operation a challenge.The US military supported India during that standoff, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-intelligence-sharing-with-india-helps-monitor-chinese-military-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">providing intelligence</a> and cold-weather equipment. In so doing, the Army "gained understanding of the requirements to operate in places like the Himalayas," the strategy says."As we work to build or strengthen our alliances and partnerships with nations across the globe - to the Indo-Pacific and in the European Theater - we want to be able to share and learn lessons so that we can operate effectively in those environments but also they can operate effectively in those environments," Elizabeth Felling, a strategic planner in the Army general staff, said at the March press conference.

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To enhance military cooperation, <keyword id="8669324" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-army-vice-chief">Indian Army Vice Chief</keyword> Lieutenant General SK Saini will visit the United States for three days where he is to meet counterparts. "The aim of the visit is to enhance military cooperation between both the armies," the Indian Army stated. The visit is planned from October 17 to October 20. The Army Vice Chief will visit the <keyword id="10118289" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="us-army-pacific-command">US Army Pacific Command</keyword> (USARPRAC), the Army component of Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), and exchange ideas extensively with the military leadership apart from witnessing training and equipment capabilities of <keyword id="57857" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="US-army">US Army</keyword>. Later, he will also visit INDOPACOM where aspects of military cooperation and furthering military to military engagement including procurements, training in niche domains, joint exercises and capability building will be discussed. The visit will further enhance the operational and strategic level collaboration between both armies, which is emphasised by the fact India is participating in two joint exercises with the US despite Covid-19 restrictions. The joint exercises include Yudh Abhyas, scheduled in February 2021 and Vajra Prahar, which is planned for March, 2021. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/hcl-to-hire-more-jobs-and-increase-wages-over-next-three-months-9000-more-freshers-to-be-onboarded-by-march/articleshow/78696285.cms">HCL Tech to hire ‘significantly’ and bring back wage hikes over the next three months — 9,000 new freshers likely to be onboarded by March</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/hcl-tech-beats-guidance-clocks-in-4-5-jump-in-revenue-during-second-quarter/articleshow/78693542.cms">HCL Tech beats guidance — clocks-in 4.5% jump in revenue during second quarter</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US Army activated the <keyword id="14157993" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="11th-airborne-division" source="Orion">11th Airborne Division</keyword> in <keyword id="12020240" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alaska" source="Orion">Alaska</keyword> on June 6.</li><li>The division will incorporate Alaska-based units and focus on training for Arctic combat.</li></ul>The US Army activated the 11th Airborne Division in Alaska on Monday, reestablishing it as an Arctic-focused unit in what <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alaska-is-growing-more-valuable-amid-competition-with-russia-china-2021-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Pentagon sees as a valuable outpost</a> to project power in region, into Europe, and across the Pacific."We expect them to be masters of their craft in the Arctic warfighting, in extreme cold weather, in mountainous and high-altitude terrain, and we expect them to develop innovative ways of operating in this environment," Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville said at a press conference on Monday.The two major Army units in Alaska — the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Wainwright and the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) based at Fort Richardson — were previously under the Hawaii-based 25th Infantry Division.<div type="image" title="Army 11th Airborne Division patch insignia Alaska" height="1334" width="2000" msid="92115145" hostid="261"></div>Those units, along with the headquarters unit <keyword id="12658338" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="us-army-alaska" source="Orion">US Army Alaska</keyword>, are now part of the 11th Airborne Division — a redesignation that Army leaders say underscores the unit's Arctic orientation and will enhance its soldiers' sense of mission and identity."There's a collection of different unit patches that we're all wearing right now," Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler, who led US Army Alaska and now commands the 11th Airborne Division, said at the press conference. "What we're doing is consolidating under one.""Arctic warfighting is not just what they do. It's really who they are, and that's the identity that these great soldiers are going to have in the 11th Airborne Division," Eifler said.<h2>Survive and thrive in the Arctic</h2><div type="image" title="Army Alaska Arctic paratroopers small unit support vehicle" height="1167" width="1557" msid="92115146" hostid="261"></div>The Army <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-army-figuring-out-whats-needed-to-regain-arctic-dominance-2021-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arctic Strategy released last spring</a> emphasized the need for Arctic-specific training and equipment and infrastructure that could support operations over the region's long distances and tough terrain.The Army conducted a "gap analysis" to determine what was needed and sought to address "near-term deficiencies" in its 2023 budget request. In that request, Army asked for $101.8 million to support the strategy by buying 13 new <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/army-is-looking-for-a-new-arctic-all-terrain-vehicle-2021-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cold-weather, all-terrain vehicles</a>, acquiring more Arctic clothing and gear, and continuing to winterize equipment, an Army budget official said this spring.The budget official also said that money would cover "exportable" Combat Training Center rotations, allowing Alaska-based troops to do large-scale training in Alaska rather than the Army's training centers in Louisiana and California.Training in Alaska allows soldiers "to train the way we're going to fight" and fielding new vehicles along with "the right equipment and the right clothing" means they will "not only survive in this environment but they will thrive," McConville said Monday.<div type="image" title="Army Alaska Arctic paratroopers" height="1333" width="2000" msid="92115147" hostid="261"></div>The 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team will shed its more than 300 Stryker vehicles, which will be upgraded for use elsewhere or stripped for parts, and become a light or air-assault-capable infantry brigade combat team, Eifler said."The structure of the organization will change slightly inside of it," Eifler said of the Stryker unit, "but their focus will be on dismounted [operations] and Arctic mobility and capabilities to sustain operations in the Arctic, in extreme cold weather, and in addition to providing those capabilities in other cold-weather environments, like <keyword id="12329412" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nepal" source="Orion">Nepal</keyword> and <keyword id="11892747" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword>."The airborne brigade will remain airborne "and it'll have the Arctic capabilities that go along with that," McConville said."You're going to see a lot more training in the [Alaskan] training areas, dismounted. You'll probably see a lot less Strykers [and] maybe a little bit more airborne operations up here, because again, the only Arctic airborne capability is in this unit," Eifler said.<h2>'A tough new airborne division'</h2><div type="image" title="US Army soldiers paratroopers in Alaska" height="1333" width="2000" msid="92115148" hostid="261"></div>The 11th Airborne Division was first activated in February 1943. Its paratroopers and glider-borne soldiers fought in the Pacific and developed tactics and concepts for airborne operations during and after World War II.The division has "a storied history of valor" and "a proud history of innovation," McConville said. "They were the ones that actually tested and validated the effectiveness of division airborne operations that actually gave confidence to the leaders that it could be used during D-Day."Eifler said the former Stryker brigade will "spearhead" the effort to "refine and develop our techniques, tactics, and procedures, our equipment, [and] the structure that's needed to fight and win in the Arctic."That effort will draw on soldiers and equipment in Alaska and on allies and partners — "the Canadians and Norwegians and folks around the world," Eifler said.Alaska-based soldiers regularly train with Canadian forces, and in May, Alaska-based paratroopers trained in <keyword id="12154095" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="norway" source="Orion">Norway</keyword> for the first time, an exchange that <a href="https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/us-and-norwegian-armies-plan-more-arctic-training" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Norwegian</a> and US <a href="https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/us-army-alaska-training-arctic-defense-operations-northern-norway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">officials</a> want to continue.US Army Alaska soldiers trained with Indian troops in October during the Yudh Abhyas exercise and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-indian-soldiers-yudh-abhyas-exercise-alaska-amid-china-tension-2021-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan to train in India later this year</a>.<div type="image" title="Indian soldiers capture opposition forces in Alaska" height="1213" width="1618" msid="92115149" hostid="261"></div>Eifler said Monday that Nepalese army officials are also interested in training together: "They want to do a joint expedition on Everest with us, and they want to do a lot more training with this Arctic force."Those exercises reflect Alaska's role in defense of the US and in operations in Europe and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-us-army-paratroopers-launch-mock-long-range-pacific-invasion-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Indo-Pacific region</a>, which the Pentagon <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alaska-is-growing-more-valuable-amid-competition-with-russia-china-2021-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wants to capitalize on</a> amid increasing competition with Russia and China."I think what's happening today represents a sea change in the Pentagon's focus on the Arctic," Sen. Dan Sullivan said at the press conference on Monday."With the 11th Airborne Division, we now have a strategically located, tough unit that can deploy thousands of airborne troops anywhere in the world," Sullivan said. "Just take a look at a map, very quickly, within hours, [it can reach] Korea, China, Russia, you name it."The Army has about 12,000 soldiers in Alaska and doesn't currently plan to change that, but <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alaska-is-growing-more-valuable-amid-competition-with-russia-china-2021-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">other services are "plussing-up" their presence</a>. The Air Force has deployed <a href="https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3036523/eielson-afb-celebrates-f-35-beddown-completion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">54 F-35s</a> to join the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-us-f-22s-intercept-russian-aircraft-over-alaskan-arctic-2020-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">F-22s stationed there</a>, and the Navy is looking at additional basing and ports."China, North Korea, and Russia are soon going to realize that the US just put 100 fifth-gen[eration] fighters and a tough new airborne division in their rear and on their flanks," Sullivan said. "Although that might not make Putin and Xi Jinping happy, it enhances our national security for our country very significantly."

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