Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Army Chief reviews Exercise Shoorveer

STATEMENT BY INDIAN ARMY

''The Chief of Army Staff General VK Singh reviewed the conduct of exercise 'Shoor Veer' today. The Army Chief was received by
Lieutenant General Gyan Bhushan, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (Army Commander), Sapta Shakti(South western command) Command in the exercise area. The COAS was briefed on the training aspects, new concepts of warfare being tried and the conduct of the exercise by Lieutenant General Ashok Singh, General Officer Commanding 1 Corps, and Lt Gen Sanjeev Anand, General Officer Commanding, Chetak Corps.

Army Chief witnessed the exercise that entails launch of theatre offensive by Sapta Shakti Command spearheaded by 1 Corps and Chetak Corps. Exercise Shoor Veer is being conducted under the backdrop of study on transformation of India Army for which Army Chief General VK Singh is the main proponent of the doctrine. The exercise displayed synergy of Army and Air Force in launching air land battle and the capability to orchestrate battle in network centric environment with integration of reconnaissance, surveillance and electronic warfare and communication assets to provide real time battle situational awareness to commanders.

The Chief of Army Staff congratulated General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (Army Commander), Sapta Shakti Command on the battle readiness of the formation and validation of new concepts of warfare.''

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