Context: With the culmination of Exercise Gagan Strike, Army chief reviews Exercise Parvat Prahar in Ladakh.

• Parvat Prahaar translates into attack on the mountain.

• The exercise used newly inducted all-terrain vehicles transported by Chinook heavy lift helicopters and K9-Vajra howitzers.

• The exercise in done on the Ladakh plateau at an altitude of 14,000 feet near Patrolling Point-15.

Exercise Gagan Strike

• It is conducted on the western front in Punjab.

• It is jointly conducted by Army’s Kharga Corps and the Indian Air Force.

• It is culminated with a fire power display of attack helicopters supporting deep operations by Strike Corps.