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22/01/21 09:30 AM IST

Exercise Kavach

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The three wings of the Indian armed forces will be holding a massive joint military exercise 'Excercise Kavach' next week, the defence ministry said. 

Highlights
  • It will be conducted under the aegis of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC), the only Joint Forces Command of the country.
  • The exercise would involve participation and deployment of elements of Army’s Amphibious Brigade along with supporting forces including Special Forces of Navy, Armour/Mechanised components, Naval Ships comprising Destroyers, ASW Corvettes and Landing Ships withship-bornehelicopters of Eastern Naval Command and ANC, Jaguar Maritime Strike and Transport aircrafts from Indian Air Force and assets of Coast Guard.  
  • The exercise involves synergised application of maritime surveillance assets, coordinated air and maritime strikes, air defence, submarine and landing operations. 
  • The tri-services exercise involves synergised application of maritime surveillance assets, coordinated air and maritime strikes, air defence, submarine and landing operations.
  • The ISR exercise will validate the capabilities of intelligence gathering from space, air, land and sea-based assets/ sensors, its analysis and sharing to achieve battle field transparency for quick decision making at different stages of operations,
Source: PIB

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