Pakistan

Military muscle: India kicks off war games along Pakistan border

Six-day exercise codenamed Vijayee Bhava held in the Thar desert region.

Afp May 10, 2011

JODHPUR:

India kicked off war games involving thousands of troops on Monday along its border with arch-rival Pakistan, which is still smarting from the US operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

A military spokesman told reporters the six-day exercise, codenamed Vijayee Bhava (Be Victorious) was being held in the Thar desert region in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

“This exercise envisages sustained massed mechanised manoeuvres,” S D Goswami said, adding the drill involved an array of weaponry that India has acquired as part of its ongoing military modernisation programme. More than 20,000 combat troops were taking part.

The Indian army, the world’s fourth largest in terms of personnel, has conducted 10 major military exercises along Pakistan’s border in the past six years.

Pakistan is currently under pressure to explain how Bin Laden had managed to live in the country undetected for years.

India has already given its verdict, denouncing its neighbour as a terrorist “sanctuary”.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 10^th, 2011.

COMMENTS (12)

Nurmomad | 13 years ago | Reply Wow .... I have caused some heartaches objective criticism is what the Indians need to learn. I was referring, explicitly, to "the soldier" (in the photograph) .... :-p I know the Indian military's prowess and follies. 40% of Indian land is functionally under the control of Maoists. The 600,000 strong Indian Army has butchered more than 100,000 civilians Kashmiris. And the same brave Army uses rape and abduction as a "war winning tactic". But even that has failed to "quell" the "internal matter" Brave, indeed :-) Never have I said that I love/like/admire the Pakistani Army, so I don't know why the Indians (expressing their Pakistan-phobia) started making such comparisons???

guru | 13 years ago | Reply @Shahnawaz kashmiri: Hahahahahahahahahahahaah, indeed funny ! So now you can sleep well and forget about any threat from India ? But I know, you cowards can never do that :)

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daisycutter | 13 years ago | Reply @Nurmomad:

look at the soldier …. Even a mosquito would kill him

you mean to say that Pakistani army lost against such an army four times? what does that make you?

mit | 13 years ago | Reply @Nurmomad: This soldiers only captured 96000 pak soldiers during bangla war.

Shahnawaz kashmiri | 13 years ago | Reply Hahaha just look what director of indian nuclear tests at pokhran and great nuclear scientist of india "mr k santhanam" said "the truth is that indian nuclear tests have failed" hahaha indians dont have even nuclear bomb. Pity on them.

s. ali | 13 years ago | Reply @Nurmomad u r hillarious. A mosqueto can kill anyone including you and me. am i wrong ?

Nurmomad | 13 years ago | Reply Lol ... look at the soldier .... Even a mosquito would kill him :D

faraz | 13 years ago | Reply Non-European armies can only dream of emulating the German Blitzkrieg or Soviet Deep Operations. These war games are useless, total waste of tax payer's money. Both armies should focus on counter insurgency operations.

Vinayak | 13 years ago | Reply @Billoo Bhaya: Brutus was a friend who turned into enemy. You do not in any way consider India your friend do you. Brutus in your case can only be the US, who is your ally, and yours is the only allied country it bombs on regular basis.

daisycutter | 13 years ago | Reply Sir, what is Indian Security Force?

Billoo Bhaya | 13 years ago | Reply Here comes Brutus to put the final knife in. This was expected.

sumeet | 13 years ago | Reply this military exercise is to stop intrusion of LeT millitant across the border.the home ministry told that there are around 700 militants of different terror outfit who are waiting to cross the border into india.so pakistan doesnt need to pe paranoid about indian troops,better watch your western border and give suitable answer to the question raised by US.

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