With the objective to check their readiness, Indian Army as well as the Air Force carried out a joint exercise in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh near the Chinese border during the last week. 

The joint exercise took place along the 4,057 km Line of Actual Control with China. 

The three-day operation, which was named as ‘Operation Pralay’, comprised all the frontline fighter aircraft such as Sukhoi, Mirage-2000, MiG-29, MiG-27 and IL-78 air-to-air refueling planes. 

According to the reports, Army personnel also took part with their Mi-17, Cheetah and Chetak helicopters.

While talking to press, an official said, “The Army and the IAF carried out the three day joint exercise with the aim of checking preparedness and jointness.” The war game was organized by IAF’s Shillong-based Eastern Air Command and the army’s Eastern Command in Kolkata. 

The joint exercise came in the backdrop of reports by Chinese army and air troop’s development in three sectors: western (Ladakh), middle (Uttarakhand and Himachal) and eastern (Sikkim and Arunachal) -- of the LAC.