Overview
- Exercise Akhand Prahaar in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer concluded with Konark Corps’ full‑spectrum readiness validated through integrated mechanised, infantry, heliborne and air‑support operations.
- Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth announced that the integrated all‑arms RUDRA brigade has been formed and was operationally validated during Akhand Prahaar.
- Three commanders—Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, Vice‑Admiral Krishna Swaminathan and Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor—embarked INS Vikrant off the Saurashtra coast to review joint multi‑domain operations.
- The leaders witnessed carrier‑borne flying operations and underway replenishment as rehearsals set the stage for a joint amphibious finale off the Saurashtra coast on Thursday.
- Exercise Trishul spans the western sector from the Thar to Kutch, covers electronic warfare, cyber, ISR, drone and counter‑drone operations, and emphasises atmanirbharta through indigenous systems.