Operation Brasstacks was a codename of
a major military exercise of the Indian Army in Rajasthan state of India, that took place in 1986
until its execution in 1987.
- As part of a series of exercise
to stimulate the operational capabilities of Indian army, it was the major
and largest troop mobilizations of Indian army in the subcontinent.
- Operation Brasstacks was tasked
with two objectives,
1.
with
initial goal was the deployment of ground troops.
2.
to
conduct series of amphibious assault exercises of Indian
Navy near at the Pakistan naval vicinity border.
Operation
Brasstacks involved numbers of infantry, mechanized, air assault divisions, and
400,000 army personnel who were massed up within 100 miles of Pakistan. An
amphibious assault group of Indian Navy was planned and deployed near at
the Korangi Creek of Karachi Division of Pakistan.However, the
most important feature in this war game was to determine the exercise tactical
nuclear strategies, oversaw by Indian Army.
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OTHER OPERATIONS IN THE PAST !!!!!!!
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Operation Sahayta is mostly launched by the Indian army when there is some disaster somewhere to carry out relief !!!
