The Indian Army has been retaining a detailed eye on the Israel-Hamas war with a view to train its soldiers in order that they will tackle similar situations on the border if there are terrorist assaults carried out on the Indian soil from Pakistan or another nation, a prime official heading the Army Training Command mentioned in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla on Tuesday (April 16). “We are also closely watching the Russia- Ukraine war for three years to know how drones and new technologies are impacting the war,” Lt Gen Manjinder Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Shimla base Army Training Command (ARTRAC) additionally mentioned.
What did the official say?
He mentioned that the Army has to perceive and research these situations in order that it’s ready if it has to bear a similar scenario tomorrow.
“So the training content imparted to soldiers and field army is made accordingly to prepare them for such contingencies,” he mentioned whereas addressing the media after the investiture ceremony of ARTRAC.
“The Israel-Hamas war is a classic case where we may also be impacted by similar situations on our borders with Pakistan or another country with terrorist attacks, so military training has to be relevant,” Lt gen Singh emphasised.
ARTRAC is exclusive in nature and completely different from the opposite six operational Commands of the Indian Army, mandated to guarantee operational preparedness via institutionalised coaching within the Army, an announcement mentioned.
With 34 coaching institutions underneath it pan-India attain, the ARTRAC encompasses conceptualisation and implementation of coaching in 8 specialised fields overlaying a large spectrum to embrace Agniveer coaching, officers’ pre-commission coaching, fight arms and fight help arms coaching, technical, logistic, specialist and management coaching, it mentioned.
Over the time, the Indian Army has not solely turn into self-reliant with 90 per cent of its necessities being met indigenously however defence tools price Rs 35,000 crore has additionally been exported, Singh mentioned.
“We also focus on training the foreign students who come to India and send our officers and students abroad for training,” he mentioned.
(With PTI inputs)
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