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Army conducts high-altitude drill; Northern Command chief expresses satisfaction

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 9/17/2019 8:37:32 PM

The Army conducted a high altitude integrated military exercise in Ladakh on Tuesday prompting its Northern Command chief to express satisfaction over operational readiness of the troops, officials said.

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh witnessed the exercise by integrated troops in “super-high altitude area” in eastern Ladakh, army officials said.

Singh was briefed on the exercise by Lieutenant General Y K Joshi, General Officer Commanding, Fire & Fury Corps, they said.

The exercise involved the use of technology platforms as force multipliers, the officials said.