COAS witnesses army field exercise at Kharian [The Nation] 09 Nov, 2016
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif spent night in the field near Kharian and witnessed night and dawn operations of the central command as part of field exercise.
The exercises were aimed at validating latest operational plans, involving infantry and mechanised troops, and their support elements from the entire central command, said the Inter-Services Public Relations in a statement.Apart from first ever use of fully digitalised virtual command and control room, the exercise saw the first formal employment of indigenous mine dispensing system, the statement added.While speaking to officers and men on the occasion, General Sharif said, "The field exercise has fully achieved its objectives of validating our updated operational plans integrated with latest communication concepts and cyber technology to radically reduce our reaction time for quick response.""Successful culmination of the exercise has boosted our confidence in our combat readiness.“Induction of numerous indigenously prepared systems manifests our growing technical prowess and self reliance. Our adversary must know while we have been fully occupied in a determined fight against terrorism across the country, especially the western border, we have kept ourselves prepared to take on any misadventure or strategic miscalculation by our adversary."
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