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Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 20: Indian Army is all set to strengthen its war machine along the border with Pakistan, which has been exporting terrorists and terror into India in general and its J&K state in particular to bleed India and create a situation in J&K that helps Islamabad annex it. Reports emanating from New Delhi suggest that "as part of its plans to strengthen its wartime capabilities, the Indian Army is going to raise two to three Integrated Battle Groups (IBG) along the border with Pakistan by October this year (2019)".
The Army, according to reports, is also thinking in terms of "extending the idea to the border with China in time". Reports say that IBGs could be utilized for both "offensive and defensive roles", and "are an important military innovation to keep up with the needs of modern warfare".
The decision to rapidly put the plan to raise IBGs into action has come after "successful exercises using the new formations".
"We carried out an exercise to test the Integrated Battle Groups concept under the Western Command. The feedback from the formations and top commanders has been very positive and that is why we are going to start by raising two to three IBGs along Pakistan border by October this year," officials in the Army were quoted as saying.
An IBG, it needs to be noted, will consists of around 5,000 troops. They will be commanded by officers holding the rank of Major General. Reports say that the "shift to IBGs is a major organizational restructuring initiative which has been take up by Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat during his tenure at the helm of the Indian Army". |
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