It said the ministry plans to invite around 150 foreign military observers, including defense attaches based in New Delhi, for an exercise called "Brazen Chariots" to be held in the deserts of Rajasthan in the third week of March.
"The list of foreign observers is still being finalized, but we expect representatives from around 100 countries. They will be taken to the Pokhran field firing ranges for the exercise and a firepower demonstration," a source was quoted as saying.
The exercise will be the largest in India's history, with the country's entire arsenal of sophisticated weapon systems and platforms, reconnaissance and command and control systems coming into play in a bid to dazzle the foreign observers, according to the paper.
It said the Army and Armed Forces "will unleash the entire range in their inventories, ranging from T-90S main-battle tanks and Smerch multiple-launch rocket systems to advanced Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets and Heron UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles)."
