The Indian Army has trained kites to take down enemy drones from out of the air.

Footage shared by the Indian armed forces shows a kite named Arun flying from an officer's hand and plucking a drone out of the air in Joshimath, Uttarakhand.

This training drill is part of an ongoing exercise between India and the US.

The Indian Army officers were seen demonstrating the use of trained kites to take down enemy drones in northern India's Uttarakhand.

This happened as part of the ongoing joint exercise between India and the United States of America, named 'Yuddh Abhyas’ at Auli on November 29.

Visuals showed one of these kites flying from the hands of an officer into the air and releasing a piece of paper. According to a report, the kite was named, 'Arjun' and the Indian army created a situation where it used both the bird and a dog to identify and destroy enemy drones.

The dog would alert the army after it has heard a drone and the kite's role is to eliminate it in the air. It is one of a kind use of these predatory birds and according to the army, this would help bring down the number of cases of drones from across the Pakistan border that carry drugs, arms and ammunition.

A recent incident of this was when the Jammu and Kashmir police reportedly found a consignment of drugs and Indian currency dropped in Samba district by a Pakistan drone.


'Yudh Abhyas' the 15-day joint training exercise began on Saturday and it will reportedly focus on warfare in high altitude and severe climatic conditions.