What are the objectives of military alliances? Give an example of a functioning military alliance with its specific objectives

Millitary alliance takes place when the contracting parties promise to support each other in case of a crisis that has not been identified in advance.

The objectives of military alliances:

1. is to protect themselves against threats from other countries. However, states have also entered into alliances to improves ties with a particular nation or to manage conflict with a particular nation

2. to increase their effective power relative to another country or alliance.

Military alliance between India and Russia, Russia is major defence ally of India. The objective of the alliance is:

1. to defence procurements, transfer of dual-use technologies, research and development, and India’s defence industrialisation.

2. Both the nations want to strengthen their forces to respond to disaster situation.