More than 20,000 troops of strike formations of the Army's South Western Commandwere engaged in Vijay Prahar exercise to fine-tune jointmanship with the Indian Air Forcenear Suratgarhin Rajasthan
Strike formations of the command are going through the exercise in Mahajan area close to Suratgarhin Rajasthanin which over 20,000 troops are participating with fighting equipment for a couple of weeks, BrigadierAnil Gautam, BrigadierGeneral Staff (Information Warfare), South Western Commandsaid.
The exercise has been set on situation based on a swift offensive action. The aim of the exercise is to fine-tune jointmanship with the Indian Air Force, he said.
The IAF carried out exercise Gagan Shakti and demonstrated their capabilities and strength to handle adversaries, the Brigadiersaid.
In the immediate wake of Gagan Shakti, this exercise was being held for testing and refining jointmanship and maximising the impact of the joint operations, he said.
The Brigadiernoted that some of the areas being emphasised were real-time information, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, deployment and using satellite-based surveillance capabilities, drones, electronic warfare capabilities, radars with an aim to have a transparent battlefield.
The other aspects which, he said, were being focused on were fighting capabilities through armed helicopters and fighting and operate in nuclear environment.
He said the exercise would culminate on May 9 and it would be witnessed by senior Armyofficials.
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