Yudh Abhyas 2021

Subject – Defence and Security

Context – India, U.S. militaries match skills in Alaska

Concept –

The 17th edition of the India-U.S. bilateral exercise, YudhAbhyas 2021, got under way at the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska, U.S.
Exercise YudhAbhyas is the largest running joint military training and defence cooperation endeavour between the two countries
Interestingly, this is the only India-U.S. service exercise continuing in bilateral format.
The India-U.S. Malabar naval exercise became trilateral with the addition of Japan in 2015 and further brought in all the Quad partners together with the inclusion of Australia in 2020.
Similarly, Japan joined the India-U.S. bilateral air exercise, Cope India, as an observer in 2018 and the plan is to make it trilateral in phases. India and the U.S. also hold a tri-service exercise.