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exercise2026-04-01 00:00 UTC🇺🇸 Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, United States
101st Airborne tests drones for obstacle breaching at JRTC in Louisiana
The 101st Airborne Division conducted field tests at the Joint Readiness Training Center in April, using hundreds of drones including in-house built one-way attack drones. The unit demonstrated drone-delivered grappling hooks and munitions to breach concertina wire and conducted a largely robotic trench-line breach during the training rotation.
DETAILS
Type
exercise
Occurred
2026-04-01 00:00
Reported
2026-06-26
Location
Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, United States
Coordinates
31.0810, -93.1998
Confidence
86 / 100
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
Training event; demonstrated drone-enabled obstacle breaching (grappling hook drop, wire-blasting munition) and coordinated drone/UGV breach with C4 in an exercise setting.
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