Army kite ‘Arjun’ trained on preying drones shown in action at wargame

In a first, the Indian Army has trained kites to prey on enemy drones, and they were shown in action during the ongoing joint training exercise Yuddh Abhyas of India and the US in Uttarakhand’s Auli.
A kite named “Arjun” trained to prey on enemy drones was shown in action during the ongoing joint training exercise. During the exercise, the Indian Army created a situation in which it used a kite and a dog to identify the location of enemy drones and destroy them. In this, the dog alerts the Indian Army after hearing the sound of the drone. Whereas the kite works to identify the location of the enemy’s drone and circumcise it in the air.
Indian Army troops are using trained kites to prey on enemy drones, a first-of-its-kind use of these birds. The Indian Army is using trained kites along with dogs for military operations, Army officials said.
Such a capability can help the security forces tackle the menace of drones coming from across the border to Indian areas in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.