Guwahati: The Eastern Command of the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force have carried out a tri-service integrated multi-domain exercise ‘Prachand Prahar’ in the rugged high altitude terrain of the Himalayas along northern borders in Arunachal Pradesh.
The three day exercise from March 25 to March 27 commenced with deployment of advanced surveillance resources of all three services, including long-range surveillance aircraft of the IAF and the maritime domain awareness aircraft of the Indian Navy, helicopters and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) along with space resources and Indian Army’s elite Special Forces to create seamless domain awareness and detect simulated targets.
Once identified, these targets were swiftly destroyed through the synchronised joint firepower of fighter aircrafts, long-range rocket systems, medium artillery, armed helicopters, swarm drones, loitering munitions and kamikaze drones in an electronically contested environment.
Lieutenant General Ram Chander Tiwari, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command; Air Marshal Surat Singh, AVSM, VM, VSM, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Air Command; and Commodore Ajay Yadav, Naval Officer-in-Charge West Bengal reviewed the exercise and congratulated the participants on their high professional standards.
This exercise is in continuation with ‘Exercise Poorvi Prahar’ held in November 2024, which had focused on the integrated application of aviation assets.
The ‘Exercise Prachand Prahar’ 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.
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The exercise underscored the Armed Forces’ unwavering commitment to jointness, precision and technological superiority.
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.
