{"id":271604,"date":"2025-10-01T01:44:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=271604"},"modified":"2025-10-01T01:44:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:14:44","slug":"army-conducts-drone-kavach-exercise-in-forward-areas-of-arunachal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/army-conducts-drone-kavach-exercise-in-forward-areas-of-arunachal\/","title":{"rendered":"Army conducts &#8216;Drone Kavach&#8217; exercise in forward areas of Arunachal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 30 Sep:<\/strong> The Army&#8217;s Spear Corps under the eastern command conducted a &#8216;Drone Kavach&#8217; exercise in forward areas of eastern Arunachal Pradesh from 25-28 September, a defence official said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exercise showcased the Army&#8217;s combat readiness for next generation of drone warfare, besides validating state-of-the-art drone technologies, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The four-day exercise saw Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel deployed in the forward areas, the official said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of it, a series of tactical manoeuvres and combat situations were exercised to validate the Army&#8217;s preparedness for operating in a multi-domain, technology-infused battlefield scenario.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tactics, techniques and procedures pertaining to target acquisition, active\/passive counter drone measures and target neutralization with assured success were rehearsed under simulated conditions, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Valuable insights gained through the exercise would assist the Army in achieving a comprehensive understanding of the future operational environment, besides preparing for fighting a successful drone battle, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The &#8216;Drone Kavach&#8217; exercise represents a significant step in the Army&#8217;s commitment towards modernization, while striving for technology absorption to achieve operational excellence, it added. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 30 Sep: The Army&#8217;s Spear Corps under the eastern command conducted a &#8216;Drone Kavach&#8217; exercise in forward areas of eastern Arunachal Pradesh from 25-28 September, a defence official said. The exercise showcased the Army&#8217;s combat readiness for next generation of drone warfare, besides validating state-of-the-art drone technologies, he said. The four-day exercise saw Indo-Tibetan [&hellip;]<\/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-271604","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\/271604","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=271604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}