{"id":275781,"date":"2025-12-29T00:14:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T18:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=275781"},"modified":"2025-12-29T00:14:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T18:44:51","slug":"army-ar-conduct-joint-drill-in-clang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/army-ar-conduct-joint-drill-in-clang\/","title":{"rendered":"Army, AR conduct joint drill in C&#8217;lang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 28 Dec:<\/strong> The Indian Army and the Assam Rifles (AR) carried out a joint helicopter-borne troop insertion exercise in the strategically important Vijaynagar salient in Changlang district, aimed at testing rapid deployment capability and improving operational preparedness in difficult and remote terrain, a defence statement said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exercise, carried out on Friday, involved the quick induction of acclimatised troops into a simulated operational area to assess readiness for responding to emerging security challenges, it said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The drill focused on speed, coordination and precision to ensure smooth execution under near-real conditions, defence spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mahendra Rawat said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the operation showcased the forces&#8217; ability to deploy troops swiftly and efficiently in challenging environments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The participating troops demonstrated high levels of professionalism, adaptability and combat readiness throughout the exercise, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The joint drill also strengthened coordination and mutual understanding between the AR and the Indian Army, enhancing their overall operational reach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lt Col Rawat added that such exercises are crucial for fine-tuning standard operating procedures, improving interoperability, and reinforcing collective response mechanisms in strategically sensitive areas. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 28 Dec: The Indian Army and the Assam Rifles (AR) carried out a joint helicopter-borne troop insertion exercise in the strategically important Vijaynagar salient in Changlang district, aimed at testing rapid deployment capability and improving operational preparedness in difficult and remote terrain, a defence statement said on Saturday. The exercise, carried out on Friday, [&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-275781","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\/275781","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=275781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}