The Indian Army is using trained kites for hunting down enemy drones.
The Indian Army has trained kites to hunt enemy drones. They were demonstrated during the ongoing joint training exercise Yuddh Abhyas of India and the United States in Auli, Uttarakhand.
Such a capability can help security forces combat drones from across the border to Punjab, Jammu, and Kashmir.
Pakistani drones have dropped drugs, guns, and money in J&K and Punjab several times. On November 24, J&K Police recovered a Pakistani drone-dropped shipment of weapons and Indian currency in Samba.
The 18th Indo-US joint training exercise, “Yudh Abhyas 22,” began in Uttarakhand’s Auli on Saturday. Each year, India and the US conduct Exercise Yudh Abhyas to exchange best practices, tactics, techniques, and procedures between their armed forces.
The exercise was previously held at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Alaska (US) in October 2021.
Soldiers from the US Army’s 2nd Brigade of the 11th Airborne Division and the Indian Army’s ASSAM Regiment are participating in the drill.
The training plan is geared toward deploying a combined arms fighting group as Chapter VII of the UN Mandate requires.
The Field Training Exercise validates integrated battle groups, force multipliers, surveillance grids, operational logistics, mountain warfare skills, casualty evacuation, and combat medical aid in harsh terrain and weather.
According to the Indian Army, the joint exercise focuses on deploying an infantry battalion group to support US peacekeeping and disaster relief operations.
The 15-day Yudh Abhyas will focus on high-altitude and extremely cold climate warfare.
