AT A time when the Centre is pushing for restructuring the defence forces, the Indian Army has carried out one of the biggest ever transformations to meet modern warfare challenges creating a pool of over one lakh drone operatives across the force. Bhairav, the latest Special Force raised by the Indian Army - is being readied to tackle the challenges of modern warfare, as all operatives are capable of handling drones and use them in real operations for targeting bases and formations inside enemy territory.

 

Team ANI visited one of the newly-raised Bhairav battalions in the desert sector under the Southern Command, where it witnessed the capabilities of the troops who had been selected from Infantry regiments to raise the Special Force and were being given special training as per the requirements of modern warfare. The Bhairav battalions raised by Army Headquarters with lessons from global and own conflicts in mind, have been created to provide a dedicated force for high-speed, offensive operations to carry out the Special Forces tasking at multiple levels as per requirements.

 

The Indian Army has raised around 15 of these battalions already, and they have been assigned to different formations on both borders and have plans to raise around 25 of them in total in the near future. The Bhairav battalions would also bridge the gap between thePara SpecialForces and the regularInfantrybattalions.The Bhairav would also be tasked to carry out Special Operations at tactical to operational depth. “Modern warfare is changing at a very rapid pace. The conflicts of today are hybrid in nature, and one needs tobe fully equipped with modern technology to be able to deal with the Challenges.

 

The Bhairav battalions have also been createdaspartof the force restructuring, which have been  raised in line with the requirements of modern technology, new thought process and as per the new operational requirements,” Commanding Officer of the 2 BhairavBattalion said. “I am theCommanding officer of the desert Bhairav battalion of the Southern Command of the Indian Army. The desert has its own challenges where special skill sets, endurance and technology are required to be used in the right way.

 

That is why the Bhairav has been raised as a technology-driven system which can operate independently and carry out multidomain operations in the future,” he added. Explaining about the formation of the unit, the Commanding officer said,“The desert Bhairav Battalion has been raised on the concept of ‘Sons of the Soil’ as the majority of the troops are from Rajasthan who can understand the terrain, language, weather and the area.The battalion has been built upon the legacy of the valour and gallantry of Rajanghan, and that is our biggest strength. We are ready to meet any challenge in the desert sector.”