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Recently ,The Army Training Command signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Gandhinagar-based Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) to develop a ‘Wargame Research and Development Centre’(WARDEC) in New Delhi.
About Project WARDEC
- It will be a first-of-its-kind simulation-based training centre in India that will use artificial intelligence (AI) to design virtual reality wargames.
- It will be used by the Army to train its soldiers and test their strategies through “metaverse-enabled gameplay”.
- In the metaverse, the players will get a realistic experience of the actual situation.
- The wargame models will be designed to prepare for wars as well as counter-terror and counter-insurgency operations.
- The centre will come up in a military zone in New Delhi.
- The RRU will join hands with Tech Mahindra to develop the centre in the coming three to four months, officials added.
- The RRU, an institute under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), specialises in national security and policing.
- Located in Gandhinagar’s Lavad village, it is an “institute of national importance” – a status granted to it by an Act of Parliament.
- Apart from the armed forces, the BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP and SSB can also use the metaverse-enabled simulation exercises for better training.
Significance
- The use of AI can provide a totally immersive training experience as it can simulate a battlefield close to reality and map several eventualities in the probable event of a war.
How many countries use such wargaming drills?
- Since the 9/11 attacks, use of information technology-enabled wargaming is preferred by several countries like the US, Israel, the UK to prepare for possibilities in case of terror attacks or war.
Source:IE
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