The IAF on 22 February 2013 displayed its firepower at the "Iron Fist" exercise at Rajasthan's Pokhran ranges with a potent show of the strength of its frontline aircraft. The firepower demonstration saw a display by Sukhoi 30 MK1 fighters and striking manoeuvres by the indigenously-produced light combat aircraft and helicopters. The "day-dusk-night" firepower display also saw aircraft using laser-guided bombs and precision rockets to hit "enemy targets".
