Pressing ahead with its work of building a “capability-based approach,” the Army's Western Command has embarked on a simulated war game in the deserts of northern Rajasthan, with the Indian Air Force supporting the drill.
“Vijayee Bhava” (Blessed to Win) is the first in a series of annual summer exercises that got under way at Suratgarh in Rajasthan. The manoeuvres are being conducted to test the operational and transformational effectiveness of the Ambala-based Kharga Corps (a strike corps) and to validate new concepts that have emerged during the transformation studies undertaken by the Army, an official release said.
The pivot corps manoeuvres are scheduled to take place later this month, with the Command headquarters synergising the operations of the pivot and strike corps.
The exercise envisages sustained mass mechanised manoeuvres by composite combat entities, supported by Mi-25 attack helicopters and MiG-29, MiG-21 Bison and Jaguar aircraft and complemented by a wide array of weapon systems and enabling combat logistics.
The Army has embarked on a series of transformational initiatives spanning concepts, organisational structures and new technologies, especially in precision munitions, advance surveillance systems, space and network-centricity. These will be fielded and trial-evaluated by nominated test-bed formations and units. The aim is to help the Army emerge as a modern, lean, agile and enabled force. Combat decisions taken at each level of command will be analysed for their ability to synergise the application of the state-of-the-art weapon platforms to achieve optimum results.
