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ITANAGAR, 29 Aug:<\/strong> The Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) underscored combat readiness during a four-day exercise conducted in the forward areas of Arunachal Pradesh, an official said on Friday.<\/p>\n The joint validation of operational preparedness exercise took place from 25-28 August, displaying robust interoperability between the Army and the ITBP, and seamless coordination in high-altitude operational environments, Guwahati-based defence spokesman Lt Col Mahendra Rawat said.<\/p>\n During the joint drills, both forces executed coordinated firepower responses under simulated battlefield conditions, he said.<\/p>\n Mortars, machine guns, rockets and grenades were employed to validate accuracy, synergised response and battlefield effectiveness, the official said.<\/p>\n ‘Exercise Achook Prahar’ reaffirmed the collective resolve of the armed forces and CAPFs to remain combat ready and responsive in safeguarding the nation’s frontiers, Rawat added.<\/p>\n \n Mortar bombs defused<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Indian Army neutralised 15 unserviceable 81 mm mortar bombs in Monigong in Shi-Yomi district, Lt Col Mahendra Rawat said in a press statement on Friday.<\/p>\n The Army’s Spearhead Division Unexploded Ordnance disposal team carried out the operation in coordination with the civil administration, it added.<\/p>\n He said sensitive and hazardous ordnance was discovered in an area frequented by civilians during excavation, posing a serious threat to the safety and wellbeing of the local community.<\/p>\n Responding without delay, the team was mobilised to the remote site where it neutralised the threat in accordance with laid down procedure, the official said. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ITANAGAR, 29 Aug: The Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) underscored combat readiness during a four-day exercise conducted in the forward areas of Arunachal Pradesh, an official said on Friday. The joint validation of operational preparedness exercise took place from 25-28 August, displaying robust interoperability between the Army and the ITBP, and seamless coordination […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-269770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}