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Indian Army Validates Drone Integration in Siyom Prahar Forward-Area Exercise

The drills yielded tactics that refine real-time targeting, speeding decision-making.

Overview

  • Exercise Siyom Prahar ran September 8–10 in forward areas of Arunachal Pradesh under realistic battlefield conditions, according to defence officials.
  • Unmanned aerial systems supported persistent surveillance, battlefield reconnaissance, target acquisition and precision strikes.
  • Integration spanned tactical and operational depths as the Army sought to raise overall operational preparedness.
  • New Tactics, Techniques and Procedures were developed to fuse drone-derived intelligence with conventional firepower and to refine joint targeting processes.
  • Officials said the outcomes offer lessons for operational integration, force multiplication and future employment concepts as the Army advances technology-enabled readiness.