Armed forces to test drones, counter-drone systems in October exercise

The armed forces will test the capabilities of some of its drones and counterdrone systems during an exercise by the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff HQ IDS in the first week of October a senior official said on TuesdayThe exercise will be held somewhere in Madhya Pradesh from October 610 sources saidIn his address at a conference on air defence systems Air Marshal Rakesh Sinha Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff OPS at HQ IDS also spoke of the lessons drawn from Operation Sindoor and the need to stay ahead of the adversary in military thinking and planningThe conference hosted in Delhi was themed on Counter UAVs amp Air Defence Systems The Future of Modern Warfare and saw participation of senior military officers representatives of various firms in the defence industry and domain expertsA senior official of the HQ IDS said the exercise is named Cold StartLater interacting with PTI on the sidelines of the event Air Marshal Sinha said the exercise will be held in the Central Sector and will see participation of all three servicesBesides industry partners research and development partners academia and others will be taking part in the upcoming exerciseWe will be testing some of our drones and counterdrone systems during this exercise with an aim to have an air defence system and CounterUAS that is more robust Air Marshal Sinha saidCounterUAS refers to CounterUnmanned Aerial SystemsThe exercise comes a little over a month after Ran Samwad a firstofitskind triservice seminar on war warfare and warfighting was held at the Army War College in Mhow in Madhya PradeshDelivering the plenary address at the military seminar on August 27 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh emphasised the need to remain prepared for new innovations and unforeseen challenges while mastering existing technologies to stay ahead of the curveHe dubbed the fusion of technology and surprise as the main reason behind the growing complexity and unpredictably of modernday warfareFuture wars will not merely be battles of weapons they will be a combined play of technology intelligence economy and diplomacy The nation which masters the triangle of technology strategy and adaptability will emerge as the true global powerThis is the moment to learn from history and write a new one This is the moment to anticipate the future and shape one Singh saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever