Tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors is high as India is conducting massive military exercises on its western front with intensive armoured, artillery and infantry manoeuvres to practise swift, high-intensity attacks into enemy territory.
It includes more than 50000 troops of Southern Army Command as well as hundreds of T-90S and T-72 main-battle tanks, artillery guns and multiple-launch rocket systems, all backed by "real-time battlefield transparency" provided by satellites and drones, ground and airborne radars.
Indian military drills also include Bhopal based 21"strike corps" and 12 Corps of Jhodpur . The Indian military exercise will conclude on 10th December 2015.
The aim is to ensure a realistic war-like situation without actually going to war.
The exercise, which will peak towards end-November, will also include a major airdrop of paratroopers behind (simulated) enemy lines. Such a large exercise is usually held once in four years to validate, fine-tune war-fighting strategies
Pakistani government was informed of the scheduled military exercises, in accordance with the “advance notice” protocol in place between the two nations.
On the other hand , Indian and Russian armies were conducting joint military exercises ‘Indra 2015’ that starting on November 7 and concluded on November 21at the Mahajan firing range just north of the city of Bikaner in Rajasthan, which borders neighbouring Pakistan.
The city of Mahajan is not far from India’s border with neighbouring Pakistan and ties between the two countries have not been exactly good in recent months, with several ceasefire violations and civilian deaths on the Pakistan side by Indian army shelling along the Line of Control and Working Boundary.
Indian army conducts huge military drills near Pakistan Border
