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2008-03-21 India-Pakistan

India holds war games just 75 km from Pakistan

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Posted by john frum 2008-03-21 12:29|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

Posted by john frum 2008-03-21 12:32|| 2008-03-21 12:32|| Front Page Top

An Indian Army multi-barrel rocket launcher fires at 'enemy positions' at an exercise code named 'Brazen Chariots' at the Pokharan firing range, in western Rajisthan, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Foreign military observers from 60 countries witnessed the joint army and air force exercise in the desert in the western Indian state of Rajasthan.

Posted by john frum 2008-03-21 12:34|| 2008-03-21 12:34|| Front Page Top

Indian and foreign military observers watch a joint military exercise between the Indian Army and Air Force, code named 'Brazen Chariots' at the Pokharan firing range, in Western Rajasthan, India, Wednesday, March 19, 2008.

Posted by john frum 2008-03-21 12:36|| 2008-03-21 12:36|| Front Page Top

An Indian army vehicle moves under camouflage in the joint army and air force Air-Land battle exercise named 'Brazen Chariots' at the Pokharan firing range in India's desert state of Rajasthan March 19, 2008.

Posted by john frum 2008-03-21 12:39|| 2008-03-21 12:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Pretty cool looking.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-03-21 12:58|| 2008-03-21 12:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Ah, spring. The US and South Korea would usually hold Operation Team Spirit about this same time every year. Big exercise, weeks in the field, on terrain you expect to be fighting on. All within even less distance than 75km from the Nork border.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-03-21 13:29|| 2008-03-21 13:29|| Front Page Top

#7 'Brazen Chariots'

Wonder if they lifted the name from here.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-03-21 13:34|| 2008-03-21 13:34|| Front Page Top

#8 I like the Yeti Camoflage kits on the snipers.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-03-21 15:48|| 2008-03-21 15:48|| Front Page Top

#9 That was a good book, P2K.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-03-21 19:28|| 2008-03-21 19:28|| Front Page Top

#10 AP, I think that may be Abdominal and a friend doing some training work for the Indians.

Posted by Glenmore 2008-03-21 22:26|| 2008-03-21 22:26|| Front Page Top

#11 Cool pix, John. Thnx.

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