{"id":266257,"date":"2023-10-26T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=266257"},"modified":"2023-10-27T08:45:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T03:15:17","slug":"in-a-first-army-gets-vertical-wind-tunnel-to-train-special-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/in-a-first-army-gets-vertical-wind-tunnel-to-train-special-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"In a first, Army gets vertical wind tunnel to train special forces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>In a first, Army gets vertical wind tunnel to train special forces<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 26th October 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why in News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Army has installed its first vertical wind tunnel (VWT) at the Special Forces Training School (SFTS) at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why is the Vertical Wind Tunnel(VWT) installed by the army?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Purpose: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It offers a controlled environment to enable military trainees to enhance their skills by simulating real-life free fall conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Benefits:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1. Improved Skill Development:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It helps armed forces personnel enhance their abilities by simulating various freefall scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>2. Stability and Safety:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It reduces potential instability during freefall and parachute deployment.This makes it an invaluable tool for training beginners and advanced free-fallers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>3. Assessment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The system aids in assessing individual reactions to situations in airborne operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>UPSC Syllabus Topic: <\/b>Indian Defence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cIn a first, Army gets vertical wind tunnel to train special forces\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 26th October 2023 Why in News? The Indian Army has installed its first vertical wind tunnel (VWT) at the Special Forces Training School (SFTS) at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh. Why&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/in-a-first-army-gets-vertical-wind-tunnel-to-train-special-forces\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In a first, Army gets vertical wind tunnel to train special forces<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11204,1],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-266257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":44,"cached_at":1698382838,"cached_date":1698468515},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}