05-10-2005, 08:01 AM
<b>Army tests new War Doctrine in exercises </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Gag (Jalandhar), May 10 (PTI): The Indian Army tested its<b> new War Doctrine on short-duration intense wars in the nuclear backdrop baring a whole range of newly-acquired force multipliers from battlefield satellite imagery to UAVs and night vision capabilities.</b>
Troops from the Infantry, Armoured and Mechanised formations carried out fast battle manoeuvres as part of war games code-named 'Operation Vajra Shakti' on either side of the Sutlej, just 110 km. from border with Pakistan, for nine days, fighting operations conducted in pitch darkness.
"This exercise has demonstrated that the Indian Army is more than ready to face any challenges thrust on us," Chief of Army Staff Gen J J Singh, told reporters at the site of the war games.
An Infantry Division and an independent Armoured Brigade participated with air element testing fire-and-move capability of the smaller elite strike formations against a nuclear environment backdrop, army officers said. For the first time, army tested its battlefield satellite real-time imagery to map the entire built up terrain of the exercise area comprising Jalandhar and its outlying areas like Nawashahr, Nakodar and Moga.
The Israel-built Loros radars, which enable commanders to get on moving television screen about 30 to 40 km. area around the battleground, were also tested in operational conditions for the first time.
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Troops from the Infantry, Armoured and Mechanised formations carried out fast battle manoeuvres as part of war games code-named 'Operation Vajra Shakti' on either side of the Sutlej, just 110 km. from border with Pakistan, for nine days, fighting operations conducted in pitch darkness.
"This exercise has demonstrated that the Indian Army is more than ready to face any challenges thrust on us," Chief of Army Staff Gen J J Singh, told reporters at the site of the war games.
An Infantry Division and an independent Armoured Brigade participated with air element testing fire-and-move capability of the smaller elite strike formations against a nuclear environment backdrop, army officers said. For the first time, army tested its battlefield satellite real-time imagery to map the entire built up terrain of the exercise area comprising Jalandhar and its outlying areas like Nawashahr, Nakodar and Moga.
The Israel-built Loros radars, which enable commanders to get on moving television screen about 30 to 40 km. area around the battleground, were also tested in operational conditions for the first time.
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