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South Western Command of the Indian Army conducted Integrated Fire Power Exercise, “Shatru Nash’ at MFFR in Thar desert of Rajasthan. The exercise witnessed use of multifarious firing platforms in an integrated manner involving both ground & aerial manoeuvres.
Various actions included insertion of troops, offensive ground actions involving comprehensive coordination incorporating contemporary technologies in a multi domain environment. Real time communication and sharing of common operating pictures amongst various participants to overcome emerging threats were practised and skills were honed. The important facet during the exercise was towards employment of all resources including IAF and aviation assets in an integrated manner with combined arms approach to war fighting. (SUBHEAD)
This was affected by exploiting versatile and indigenously manufactured long range aerial and ground vectors such as Advanced Light Helicopter (Weapon System Integrated), K9 – Vajra, Sharang Arty Guns, Bhishma (T-90 tanks) and Ajeya (T-72 tanks) to operate in a synergised manner based on the intelligence picture provided by well-established Intelligence, Surveillance and Recce (ISR) Architecture. The devastating effect of fire power was visible at the target end along with the ground manoeuvres executed by the mechanised forces.
Lt General AS Bhinder, General Officer Commanding In Chief, Sapta Shakti Command appreciated the participation and synergy amongst various combat and combat support arms. He also commended exploitation of capability of indigenous platforms inducted as part of the ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ or ‘Make in India’ initiative. Furthermore, the GOC In Chief reiterated the need to constantly explore new fighting methodology and enhancement of its own capability to fight future wars. OC
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