The 12^th India-Mongolia military exercises, titled Nomadic Elephant 2017 have just concluded at the army's premier Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School in Vairengte in the north-eastern state of Mizoram. The two armies have collaborated and trained to fight terrorism together. This exercise shows the skills they have acquired.

The soldiers from India and Mongolia have displayed how they would tackle a hostage situation, an ambush and clearing a terrorist hide-out; all jobs that require extreme skills and tenacity. Participating was Mongolia's elite 084 Special Task Battalion that has served in areas like South Sudan, a region hit by civil war and is being manned by a UN Peacekeeping Force.

Mongolia has, fortunately, not suffered from terrorism, but knows that this modern scourge has no borders and that it is always prudent to have a well-trained anti-insurgency force with special skills.

Major General Sukhbat  Radnaabazar, the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces told NDTV, "Those abilities which we have learned here have taught us how to counter terrorism in the future. Because terrorism today is globalised it is an international threat at this time."

Soldiers from 40 countries have trained at the Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School after it was set up in 1970. For Mongolia, Nomadic Elephant 2017, represents an opportunity for the two armies to prepare to take on any eventuality that they may have to face in case terror strikes.