陸自、インド軍と対テロ訓練　中国進出念頭に連携強化

　【ニューデリー時事】陸上自衛隊とインド陸軍の対テロ共同訓練「ダルマ・ガーディアン」が２７日、インド西部ベラガビのインド軍訓練施設で始まった。３月１０日まで、初の市街地戦闘訓練などを実施する。陸海空各自衛隊とインド軍は近年、中国の進出けん制を念頭に置いた「自由で開かれたインド太平洋」構想に基づき、共同訓練を重ねている。
　２０１８年に始まった「ダルマ・ガーディアン」は、今回が３度目。これまでジャングルでの合同訓練などを重ねてきた。今回は、日本にはない市街戦や室内での戦闘を想定した訓練施設を使用。ヘリコプターから降下した部隊の突入訓練を行う。（2022/02/27-15:23）

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the Indian army began their Dharma Guardian joint antiterror exercises, the third of their kind, at military training facilities in Belgaum, western India, on Sunday.
   Dharma Guardian started in 2018. The ongoing drills, including the first-ever exercise assuming street fighting, will run until March 10.
   Japan's Air and Maritime SDF as well as the GSDF have been conducting joint exercises with the Indian military in recent years under the free and open Indo-Pacific concept, with China, which is increasingly assertive in the region, in mind.
   The GSDF and the Indian army have so far conducted drills mainly in jungles. This time, they will focus on exercises using facilities assuming street fighting and fighting indoors, with participating troops dropping from helicopters to attack enemies.
   Participating from the GSDF are about 40 troops from the 30th Infantry Regiment in the city of Shibata, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. They flew to India aboard a transport aircraft belonging to the ASDF's Miho air base in the city of Sakai, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan.