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Article: Modern Indian Army on Display in Desert Exercise
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 6, 1987
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A 150,000-strong Indian Army force began moving through the
Rajasthan Desert east of here today in the largest military exercises
ever mounted by this country.
The exercises, called Operation Brass Tacks, were delayed by
border tensions with Pakistan. They are designed in part to test new
mobile infantry alignments and a newly developed, computerized
communications and intelligence network modeled on British and French
systems. The United States is purchasing the French system.
The exercises reflect what one western diplomatic observer called
India's emergence as a "first-class fighting force. This is not a
Third World army. This is a modern army fully competent for any
mission."
The ...