Unmanned aerial vehicles, space resources, and advanced surveillance resources of all three services, including long-range surveillance aircraft of the Indian Air Force and maritime domain awareness aircraft of the Indian Navy apart from helicopters were part of a three-day tri-service integrated multi-domain exercise conducted by India's armed forces.
The successful conduct of the exercise comes as yet another achievement even as the three services are moving towards forming joint operational structures.
Held in the rugged high-altitude terrain of the Himalayas in the northern borders of the country, the war games, named 'Exercise Prachand Prahaar', saw the participation of the Indian Army's elite special forces in tandem with the surveillance resources to create seamless domain awareness and detect simulated targets, a Defence official said in a statement. The joint exercise was a continuation of 'Exercise Poorvi Prahar' held in November 2024, which focused on the integrated application of aviation assets.
The exercise saw the forces swiftly eliminating targets through synchronised joint firepower of fighter aircraft, long-range rocket systems, medium artillery, armed helicopters, swarm drones, loitering munitions and kamikaze drones in an electronically contested environment in the exercise, news agency PTI quoted the defence official as saying.
"Exercise Prachand Prahaar validated integrated planning, command and control as well as seamless execution of surveillance and firepower platforms across the three services, covering the entire spectrum of conflict," he said.
The exercise underscored the armed forces' unwavering commitment to jointness, precision and technological superiority, he said. "It reinforced the ability to execute multi-domain operations with unparalleled synergy, ensuring India's preparedness to deter and decisively engage any emerging threat along its strategic frontiers."
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command, Lieutenant General Ram Chander Tiwari, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Air Command, Air Marshal Surat Singh and Naval Officer-in-Charge, West Bengal, Commodore Ajay Yadav, reviewed the exercise and commended the participants on their high professional standards.