NEW DELHI – More than 20,000 troops of the Indian Army’s strike formationare currently involved in Exercise Vijay Prahar in the Mahajan Field FiringRanges close to Suratgarh in Rajasthan.
The officers and soldiers from Army’s South Western Command are carryingout Exercise Vijay Prahar to fine tune the response under a nuclearumbrella in tandem with the Indian Air Force which has also deployed itsassets for the same.
According to Brigadier Anil Gautam, Brigadier General Staff (InformationWarfare), South Western Command, the exercise has been set on situationbased on a swift offensive action. “The aim of the exercise is to fine-tunejointmanship with the Indian Air Force,” Brigadier Gautam said aboutExercise Vijay Prahar. The wargame will help the troops in bolstering theirpenetrative manoeuvres across obstacle-ridden terrain under a nuclearumbrella.
The latest weapons platforms and state of the art force multipliers arebeing used by the soldiers to prepare for any eventuality. The exercise isaimed to orchestrate wide spectrum of threats which are planned to betackled through high tempo joint air and land operation involving hundredsof aircraft, thousands of tanks and artillery pieces supported by real-timeintelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and real-time logistic support.
During the exercise, the formations of South Western Command will practiceand operationalise new and innovative concepts of operating in thenetwork-centric environment, integrated employment of modern-day sensorswith the weapon platforms, employment of attack helicopters in the aircavalry role and bold offensive of application of the Special Forces.
“In the immediate wake of Gagan Shakti, this exercise was being held fortesting and refining jointmanship and maximising the impact of the jointoperations,” the Brigadier added.
The formations will refine their drills and procedures for fighting in thenuclear environment during the course of the exercise. The exercise willend on May 9 in the presence of senior Army officers.