Pak plans biggest ever wargame to counter Indian threat
Updated on Monday, April 05, 2010, 20:39 IST
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army will launch its biggest ever wargame next week to train for the threat of a conventional war with India, top military officials said on Monday.
"These exercises will be focused only on conventional war on (Pakistan's) eastern border," Maj Gen Muzammil Hussain, the Director General of Military Training, told a news briefing in Rawalpindi.
"These exercises will be focused only on conventional war on (Pakistan's) eastern border," Maj Gen Muzammil Hussain, the Director General of Military Training, told a news briefing in Rawalpindi.
The exercise, codenamed Azm-e-Nau (New Resolve) 3, will involve close to 50,000 troops and aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force.
The wargame, to begin on April 10 and continue till May 13, will be the largest manoeuvres conducted by the army since the Zarb-e-Momin exercise in 1989.
The wargame will be conducted in Punjab and Sindh provinces, which border India, officials said.
The upcoming exercise is of a conventional nature and "aimed at ensuring peace in the region by encountering threats through a strategic approach", said chief military spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas.
The wargame, to begin on April 10 and continue till May 13, will be the largest manoeuvres conducted by the army since the Zarb-e-Momin exercise in 1989.
The wargame will be conducted in Punjab and Sindh provinces, which border India, officials said.
The upcoming exercise is of a conventional nature and "aimed at ensuring peace in the region by encountering threats through a strategic approach", said chief military spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas.
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