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India stages war games near Pakistan
Tue May 10, 2011 4:22PM
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Indian soldiers during a military drill in a desert region. (File photo)
Thousands of Indian troops backed by tanks and warplanes have kicked off a six-day military exercise on the border with neighboring Pakistan.
Indian army spokesman SD Goswami told reporters on Tuesday that maneuvers were being held in the Thar Desert of the northwestern state of Rajasthan.
"The exercise that began Monday envisages sustained massed mechanized maneuvers in a simulated environment," DPA quoted Goswami as saying.
More than 20,000 soldiers and several tank units participated in the annual exercise.
The military will also test modern weapons and experience new technologies during the ongoing drills.
New Delhi has conducted 10 major military drills near Pakistan's border in the past six years.
India and Pakistan have engaged in arms race since they secured independence from Britain in 1947.
Nuclear-capable India and Pakistan, which have fought three wars -- two over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir -- routinely, carry out nuclear capable missile tests.
Both neighbors have refused to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and other treaties that restrict the development or testing nuclear weapons.
Relations between the two countries have been rocky over the past decades.
JR/PKH/MGH
Tue May 10, 2011 4:22PM
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Indian soldiers during a military drill in a desert region. (File photo)
Thousands of Indian troops backed by tanks and warplanes have kicked off a six-day military exercise on the border with neighboring Pakistan.
Indian army spokesman SD Goswami told reporters on Tuesday that maneuvers were being held in the Thar Desert of the northwestern state of Rajasthan.
"The exercise that began Monday envisages sustained massed mechanized maneuvers in a simulated environment," DPA quoted Goswami as saying.
More than 20,000 soldiers and several tank units participated in the annual exercise.
The military will also test modern weapons and experience new technologies during the ongoing drills.
New Delhi has conducted 10 major military drills near Pakistan's border in the past six years.
India and Pakistan have engaged in arms race since they secured independence from Britain in 1947.
Nuclear-capable India and Pakistan, which have fought three wars -- two over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir -- routinely, carry out nuclear capable missile tests.
Both neighbors have refused to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and other treaties that restrict the development or testing nuclear weapons.
Relations between the two countries have been rocky over the past decades.
JR/PKH/MGH
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