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Vijay Prahar Exercise of Indian Army Concluded in Rajasthan Details Aim Purrpose
Vijay Prahar Exercise of Indian Army Concluded in Rajasthan- Details, Aim, Purpose, About
Indian Army’s one month long Vijay Prahar exercise concluded in Suratgarh, Rajasthan.
Vijay Prahar exercise was conducted by South Western Command of Indian Army.
Vijay Prahar exercise a month-long exercise main aim was toadapt methods in dealing 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.
In Vijay Prahar exercise over 20000 troops participated with fighting equipment for couple of weeks to fine-tune jointmanship with Indian Air Force (IAF).
Vijay Prahar exercise showed the involvement of hundreds of aircraft, thousands of tanks and artillery pieces supported by real-time intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and logistic support.
Vijay Prahar exercise was conducted to practice troops in penetrative maneuvers across obstacle-ridden terrain under a nuclear umbrella. In it, formations of South Western Command practiced and operationalised certain innovative concepts of operating in a network-centric environment.
Vijay Prahar exercise 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 the nuclear environment during the course of the exercise.
About South Western Command
The South Western Command of the Indian Army was instituted in April 2005 and became fully operational on 15 August 2005.
The South Western Command is headquartered at Jaipur, Rajasthan. The command’s operational units include I Corps, formerly under Central Command, and X Corps transferred from Western Command.
