Overview
- A four-day tri-service exercise under the Udhampur-based Northern Command ended on October 15 in Jammu and Kashmir after simulating next-generation conflict scenarios.
- Forward units trained against cyber intrusion, spectrum saturation, electronic jamming, spoofing and cognitive attacks, with scenarios spanning cyber, space and electromagnetic domains.
- Central Armed Police Forces, sister services, central agencies and private-sector partners joined the drills, highlighting indigenous industry contributions toward Jointness, Atmanirbharta and innovation.
- Northern Army Commander Lt General Pratik Sharma emphasized the blurring of warfighting domains and called for leveraging niche technology within a whole-of-nation approach.
- Western Army Commander Lt General Manoj Kumar Katiyar warned of potential Pakistan-backed attacks and said any future response, referenced as another Operation Sindoor, would be “deadlier.”