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Hind Shakti to fine tune proactive strategy: Army chief: India Today - Latest Breaking News from India, World, Business, Cricket, Sports, Bollywood.
Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor on Wednesday referred to the just concluded Hind Shakti war exercise as 'another step in army's continued endeavour to fine tune its proactive strategy.' The major 72-hour training exercise concluded in the plains of Punjab today.
Hind Shakti is the Indian army's seventh major exercise since it unveiled its proactive Cold Start battle strategy in 2004.
The strategy envisages a series of lighting armored thrusts across the border without waiting for a full scale war mobilisation.
The army's premier strike corps, the Ambala based II Corps practiced offensive manoeuvres and a blitzkrieg-type armored incursion by Mechanised and Re-organised Plains Infantry Division, emphasising rapid penetration into enemy territory.
The Exercise included effective offensive support by air power and attack helicopters. Corps units were also tested for their ability to undertake and sustain operational manoeuvres against intensive electronic and information warfare.
The condensed exercise was conducted over three days and nights. 'Blue Land' troops achieved battlefield transparency gaining knowledge of enemy deployment through sustained and constant surveillance of the battle space.
They were constantly aided by satellite imagery, helicopter borne surveillance systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and ground-based surveillance resources such as Long Range Recce and observation system (LORROS), Battle field surveillance Radars (BFSRs) and Weapon Locating Radars (WLRs) apart from the human intelligence. With greater situational awareness achieved, the manoeuvres were performed through air craft borne, heliborne and ground troops.
During the course of the exercise, the operational efficiency of the most potent force of Indian Army was put to test in war like conditions. Army successfully validated the capability of the corps (also called 'Kharga Corps' for its emblem, Durga's sword) in network centric warfare, as also in a nuclear-biological-chemical warfare environment.
Lt Gen TK Sapru, GOC-in-C Western Command also witnessed the exercise.
Hind Shakti to fine tune proactive strategy: Army chief: India Today - Latest Breaking News from India, World, Business, Cricket, Sports, Bollywood.
Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor on Wednesday referred to the just concluded Hind Shakti war exercise as 'another step in army's continued endeavour to fine tune its proactive strategy.' The major 72-hour training exercise concluded in the plains of Punjab today.
Hind Shakti is the Indian army's seventh major exercise since it unveiled its proactive Cold Start battle strategy in 2004.
The strategy envisages a series of lighting armored thrusts across the border without waiting for a full scale war mobilisation.
The army's premier strike corps, the Ambala based II Corps practiced offensive manoeuvres and a blitzkrieg-type armored incursion by Mechanised and Re-organised Plains Infantry Division, emphasising rapid penetration into enemy territory.
The Exercise included effective offensive support by air power and attack helicopters. Corps units were also tested for their ability to undertake and sustain operational manoeuvres against intensive electronic and information warfare.
The condensed exercise was conducted over three days and nights. 'Blue Land' troops achieved battlefield transparency gaining knowledge of enemy deployment through sustained and constant surveillance of the battle space.
They were constantly aided by satellite imagery, helicopter borne surveillance systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and ground-based surveillance resources such as Long Range Recce and observation system (LORROS), Battle field surveillance Radars (BFSRs) and Weapon Locating Radars (WLRs) apart from the human intelligence. With greater situational awareness achieved, the manoeuvres were performed through air craft borne, heliborne and ground troops.
During the course of the exercise, the operational efficiency of the most potent force of Indian Army was put to test in war like conditions. Army successfully validated the capability of the corps (also called 'Kharga Corps' for its emblem, Durga's sword) in network centric warfare, as also in a nuclear-biological-chemical warfare environment.
Lt Gen TK Sapru, GOC-in-C Western Command also witnessed the exercise.
