Vijay Prahar exercise of Indian Army concludes in Suratgarh, Rajasthan

Indian Army’s month long Vijay Prahar exercise concluded in Suratgarh, Rajasthan. It was conducted by South Western Command of Indian Army. The month-long exercise was aimed to orchestrate wide spectrum of threats including  Nuclear, Chemical or Biological (NCB) attack which are planned to be tackled through high tempo joint air and land operation.

Vijay Prahar exercise

In this month long exercise, over 20,000 troops participated with fighting equipment for couple of weeks to fine-tune jointmanship with Indian Air Force. It involved hundreds of aircrafts, thousands of tanks and artillery pieces supported by real time intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and logistic support.
The exercise was conducted to practice troops in penetrative manoeuvres across obstacle ridden terrain under a nuclear umbrella. In it, formations of South Western Command practised and operationalised certain innovative concepts of operating in network centric environment.
It also deployed integrated employment of modern day sensors with weapon platforms, employment of attack helicopters in air cavalry role and bold offensive of application of Special Forces. The formations refined their drills and procedures for fighting in nuclear environment during course of the exercise.

South Western Command

The South Western Command of the Indian Army was established in April 2005 and became fully operational on 15 August 2005. It is headquartered at Jaipur, Rajasthan. The command’s operational units include I Corps, formerly under Central Command, and X Corps transferred from Western Command.

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2018