Exercise ‘Dakshin Shakti’

With integrated theatre commands on the anvil in the country, the Army conducted a major combat exercise with other forces along the western border in Gujarat and Rajasthan to test new concepts and doctrines for wars of the future.
The theatre-level “Dakshin Shakti” exercise, which included over 30,000 troops from the Army, Navy, IAF, Coast Guard, BSF and intelligence agencies, has led to the “activation of the entire desert, Rann and Creek sectors”.