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Army conducts large-scale war games in Rajasthan
NEW DELHI, APR 19 (PTI)
The strike formations of the Army equipped with frontline T-90 main battle tanks, heavy artillery, helicopter gunships and infantry combat vehicles have commenced a 14-day wargame in the Thar desert, in which Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are also being used.
The wargames codenamed ASHWAMEDH are being held in a 130-km corridor between Suratgarh in Rajasthan and Bhatinda in Punjab and is the largest exercise to be conducted in the last two years.
An entire strike corp from Mathura has moved to the Rajasthan for the exercises which are being held deep inside Indian territory, almost about 200 km away from the international border.
"As per the protocol, Pakistan has been given advance notice of the exercises," a senior army officer said here. He said the exercises which would include participation of IAF as well as special forces would validate the new concepts of going in for deep thrusts.
Exercises would involve movement of tanks and Infantry combat vehicles over an area of 120 km. President A P J Abdul Kalam, who is the Supreme Commander of the armed forces, had been invited to witness the exercises.
"This is two-yearly exercises to be carried out in rotation by the different strike corps to validate their new fighting concepts and to test out new fighting and surveillance equipment inducted recently," the officer said.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=8551
NEW DELHI, APR 19 (PTI)
The strike formations of the Army equipped with frontline T-90 main battle tanks, heavy artillery, helicopter gunships and infantry combat vehicles have commenced a 14-day wargame in the Thar desert, in which Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are also being used.
The wargames codenamed ASHWAMEDH are being held in a 130-km corridor between Suratgarh in Rajasthan and Bhatinda in Punjab and is the largest exercise to be conducted in the last two years.
An entire strike corp from Mathura has moved to the Rajasthan for the exercises which are being held deep inside Indian territory, almost about 200 km away from the international border.
"As per the protocol, Pakistan has been given advance notice of the exercises," a senior army officer said here. He said the exercises which would include participation of IAF as well as special forces would validate the new concepts of going in for deep thrusts.
Exercises would involve movement of tanks and Infantry combat vehicles over an area of 120 km. President A P J Abdul Kalam, who is the Supreme Commander of the armed forces, had been invited to witness the exercises.
"This is two-yearly exercises to be carried out in rotation by the different strike corps to validate their new fighting concepts and to test out new fighting and surveillance equipment inducted recently," the officer said.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=8551
