INDIAN ARMED FORCES CONDUCT TRI-SERVICE INTEGRATED MULTI-DOMAIN WARFARE EXERCISE ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDERS
Thursday, 27 March 2025 – The Eastern Command of the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force carried out a Tri-Service integrated multi domain exercise in the rugged High Altitude terrain of the Himalayas along Northern Borders. The three day exercise from 25 to 27 March 2025 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) alongwith 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 enviornment.
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.
Ex Prachand Prahaar 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.
Ex Prachand Prahaar 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.
