Indian Army, Air Force to jointly exercise on March 19

New Delhi, Feb 19 : Exercise Brazen Chariots, a fire and manoeuvre exercise is being jointly conducted by India Army and Air Force, in the desert sector on March 19, 2008.

In addition to the fire, manoeuvre and destructive power being exhibited during the exercise, the Indian Army will also showcase adaptive logistics for a fast paced, network driven battlefield.

The present battlefield milieu represents a new set of challenges and has fundamentally changed the way battles are fought.

The Network Centric Warfare leverages information age concepts and generates logistic synergy to produce decisive effects through efficient logistics.

The Indian Army's endeavour has been to evolve a cost effective and efficient operational logistics system through synergising the immense advantages of Information Technology and a stable communication grid.

It involves the incorporation of "Combat Net Radio", "Global Positioning System" and GIS (Geographic Information System) based "Combat Logistic" assets tracking and replenishment.

ANI