Rudra Raptors Exercise

Category: Defence & Security → Indian Army

Key Points

  • Conducted by the Indian Army's Konark Corps.

  • Location: Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

  • It is a high-intensity integrated exercise in the desert sector.

  • Theme: “One team, one purpose, absolute battlefield dominance.”

  • It involved coordination between:

    • Attack helicopters

    • Armoured formations

    • Mechanised elements

    • Other combat arms

  • AH-64E Apache helicopters participated through the Thar Raptors.

  • The exercise aims to improve air-ground integration and battlefield coordination.

Prelims fact:
Rudra Raptors → Konark Corps → Jaisalmer → Indian Army.