Commando Battalion for Resolute Action(CoBRA)

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Recently a CoBRA commando was killed in IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma

History of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action(CoBRA)

In the year 2009, the Ministry of Home affairs had accorded approval for setting up the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) for guerrilla/jungle warfare type operations for dealing with extremists and insurgents, etc.
The Govt. accorded sanction of raising of 10 unattached battalions of CoBRA in Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF), with a Sector Headquarter for these battalions headed by an Inspector General.
Originally established to counter the Naxalite problem, CoBRA is deployed to address insurgent groups engaging in asymmetrical warfare

Role of CoBRA

CoBRA Battalions are trained to adapt in multi tasking skills operations in extreme terrain.
They are trained in guerrilla warfare, field engineering, tracking of explosives, jungle survival techniques along with ops tactics to fight insurgents.
Specialized training programme include jungle warfare, Ops planning and execution, physical endurance, map reading and GPS, intelligence, heli-slithering.
Cobras are trained in the CRPF jungle warfare institutions in Belgaum and Koraput. Their training regime and duration is similar to that of lines of NSG Commandos.
They are trained to adapt the art of camouflage and jungle warfare with main focus on jungle warfare
Their role is to carry out reconnaissance and long range patrols, gather intelligence on the whereabouts of the insurgents, and also carry out ambushes and precision strikes when required.