Exercise Harimau Shakti 2024 - India–Malaysia Joint Military Exercise Intelligence Report

Exercise Harimau Shakti 2024 is a Strategic Military Intelligence Report analysing the annual India–Malaysia bilateral army exercise and its wider implications for defence diplomacy, regional stability, and India’s Indo-Pacific strategy. Conducted at Bentong Camp, Malaysia, the exercise reflects the deepening military partnership between New Delhi and Kuala Lumpur under a long-standing defence cooperation framework.

This report examines how Harimau Shakti strengthens joint counter-insurgency and jungle warfare capabilities, combining India’s operational experience with Malaysia’s terrain expertise. It breaks down the two-phase exercise structure—cross-training, doctrinal exchange, and simulated operations—including anti-ambush drills, reconnaissance patrols, harbour occupation, and coordinated offensive actions. These activities are assessed not merely as training events, but as instruments of strategic signalling and force interoperability.

Beyond tactics, the report situates the exercise within India’s Act East Policy, ASEAN engagement, and expanding defence export ambitions, including fighter aircraft, naval cooperation, and defence R&D collaboration. It highlights Malaysia’s strategic geography near the Strait of Malacca and South China Sea, underlining why this partnership matters in an era of intensifying regional competition.

Designed for policymakers, defence professionals, analysts, investors, and Indo-Pacific observers, this product converts a military exercise into forward-looking strategic insight.

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