‘Antariksha Abhyas – 2024’, a three day Exercise to war-game the growing threats from and to Space Based Assets and Services, was conducted by the Defence Space Agency of Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff from 11 – 13 Nov 24.
Key points
- Exercise Antariksha Abhyas was a first of its kind exercise conducted to help secure national strategic objectives in space and integrate India’s space capability in military operations.
- The Space Exercise provided enhanced understanding of space based assets and services and to gain understanding of operational dependency on space segment between stakeholders.
- In addition, it identified vulnerabilities in conduct of operations in the event of denial or disruptions of space based services.
- Stakeholders from the Defence Space Agency and its allied units along with personnel from the Army, Navy and the Air Force participated in this exercise.
- Specialist branches under Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff viz Defence Cyber Agency, Defence Intelligence Agency and Strategic Forces Command also participated in conduct of the exercise.
- Representatives from Indian Space Research Organisation and the Defence Research & Development Organisation also took part in it.
