{"id":116624,"date":"2026-08-02T12:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T06:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=116624"},"modified":"2026-08-02T14:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:49:05","slug":"exercise-rotor-clap-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/exercise-rotor-clap-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise ROTOR CLAP III"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Exercise ROTOR CLAP III Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Air Force (IAF) recently concluded the week-long Exercise ROTOR CLAP III at the Pokhran Field Firing Range in Rajasthan&#8217;s Jaisalmer district.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Exercise ROTOR CLAP III<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a specialised <\/span><b>helicopter exercise themed \u201cCounter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (Counter-UAS)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d conducted by the<\/span><b> Indian Air Force (IAF).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Location: Pokhran Field Firing Range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>Rajasthan&#8217;s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaisalmer district<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>third edition <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of a series the IAF has <\/span><b>built around rotary-wing counter-drone work.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exercise brought together helicopter units from across the IAF to <\/span><b>validate operational concepts against emerging aerial threats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and enhance combat preparedness in a dynamic battlefield environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Different types of platforms participated in the drill, including the <\/span><b>AH-64 Apache, Mi-25\/35, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the<\/span><b> indigenous <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/light-combat-helicopter-prachand\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prachand helicopter<\/a> gunships, along with Chinook, Mi-17, and Dhruv <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">transport and utility helicopters.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The helicopters carried out a series of<\/span><b> tactical missions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including<\/span><b> precision strikes, battlefield support, reconnaissance,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> troop insertion, casualty evacuation, and coordinated operations designed to counter aerial and ground-based threats.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/jaipur\/iaf-concludes-counter-drone-exercise-rotor-clap-iii-in-rajasthan\/articleshow\/132791943.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exercise ROTOR CLAP III is an Indian Air Force helicopter exercise focused on Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (Counter-UAS). 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