{"id":356616,"date":"2026-02-23T14:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=356616"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:22:15","slug":"exercise-vajra-prahar-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-vajra-prahar-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise Vajra Prahar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The Indian and US armies will hold the 16th edition of Vajra Prahar, at Himachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<h2><b>About Exercise Vajra Prahar<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 302px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com\/aajtak\/inline-images\/pib-exercise-vajra-prahar-2022.jpg?resize=302%2C236&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vajra Prahar\" width=\"302\" height=\"236\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Aaj Tak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Exercise Vajra Prahar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>joint bilateral Special Forces exercise<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between the <\/span><b>Indian Army<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>United States Army<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is conducted <\/span><b>annually on an alternate basis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India and U.S.A.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Background: It was <strong>started in 2010 as part of expanding defence collaboration<\/strong> between India and the U.S.A.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Current Edition (2026)<\/b><b>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>16th edition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Exercise Vajra Prahar is scheduled at the<\/span><b> Special Forces Training School, Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Duration: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">23 Feb 2026 to 15 March 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to<strong> deepen defence cooperation, enhance interoperability, and strengthen joint operational readiness.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will also <strong>provide a platform for the exchange of advanced special operations tactics, techniques, and procedures.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Indian and US armies will hold the 16th edition of Vajra Prahar, at Himachal Pradesh. About Exercise Vajra Prahar Exercise Vajra Prahar is a joint bilateral Special Forces exercise between the Indian Army and the United States Army. It is conducted annually on an alternate basis in India and U.S.A. Background: It was&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-vajra-prahar-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exercise Vajra Prahar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11204,12039],"tags":[11872,11847],"class_list":["post-356616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-republic","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356616","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\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}