Operation Brasstacks
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 exercises to simulate the operational capabilities of the Indian armed forces, it was the major and largest troop mobilizations of Indian forces in the Indian subcontinent. Operation Brasstacks was tasked with two objectives: the initial goal was the deployment of ground troops. The other objective was to conduct a series of amphibious assault exercises Indian Navy near to the Pakistan naval base. Operation Brasstacks involved numbers of infantry, mechanized, air assault divisions, and 600,000 army personnel who were massed to within 100 miles of Pakistan. An amphibious assault group formed from Indian n
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Operation Brasstacks
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 exercises to simulate the operational capabilities of the Indian armed forces, it was the major and largest troop mobilizations of Indian forces in the Indian subcontinent. Operation Brasstacks was tasked with two objectives: the initial goal was the deployment of ground troops. The other objective was to conduct a series of amphibious assault exercises Indian Navy near to the Pakistan naval base. Operation Brasstacks involved numbers of infantry, mechanized, air assault divisions, and 600,000 army personnel who were massed to within 100 miles of Pakistan. An amphibious assault group formed from Indian n
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September 2013
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Operation Brasstacks
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Deployment of all Army commands of Indian Army
outcome
Cricket diplomacy defused the threat
Exercises were halted
Pakistan redeployment its armed forces
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General Krishnaswamy Sundarji, CoAS
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Lieutenant General P.N. Hoon, Commander Western Command
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Brasstacks was no military exe ...... was not aware of these plans.
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1986-11-18
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1987-03-06
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