DEFENCE

Operation ShivShakti
▪ It is a counter-infiltration mission launched by the Indian Army to foil attempts by terrorists to
cross the LoC into Jammu & Kashmir territory.
▪ Launched by: Conducted by the Indian Army’s White Knight Corps in synergy with Jammu & Kashmir Police (JKP), based on precise multi-agency intelligence inputs.

Other Military Operations & Exercises 2025
▪ Operation SHIVA (2025): Annual Indian Army exercise for Shri Amarnath Yatra security:
involves 8,500 troops, C-UAS grid and disaster response
▪ Operation Mahadev: Joint anti-terror operation in Srinagar; eliminated 3 Lashkar terrorists
including Pahalgam attack
▪ Operation Sindoor: Tri-services strike (May 2025 on terror camps in PoJK after Pahalgam
attack: over 100 terrorists killed
▪ Exercise Drone Prahar: Tactical Army drill in Arunachal Pradesh validated battlefield use of
drones for ISR and precision targeting
▪ Exercise DIVYA DRISHTI: Surveiliance and rapid-response exercise in East Sikkim using UAvs and Al systems near China border.

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