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Indian Army and Assam Rifles Hold First Joint Drone Exhibition in Tripura

The display highlighted Tripura's security preparedness under a push for indigenous defence technology.

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Manik Saha

Overview

  • Demonstrations at the Assam Rifles ground in Agartala featured various drones capable of carrying explosives and rifles, with no live firing for safety.
  • An anti-drone system designed to detect, seize, destroy, or capture hostile drones was showcased alongside offensive platforms.
  • Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha attended, thanked the forces for the exercise, and said the event strengthened public confidence in local security.
  • Saha credited national self-reliance efforts in defence under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said indigenously built drones would bolster the Armed Forces.
  • Army officials briefed the chief minister on operational details, and Assam Rifles held a related school session on Operation Sindoor for about 220 students, with Saha citing the operation as having destroyed 11 terrorist camps in Pakistan in roughly 24–25 minutes.