{"id":526943,"date":"2026-03-19T15:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=526943"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:52:47","slug":"dragon-s-teeth-installed-during-western-operational-command-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/dragon-s-teeth-installed-during-western-operational-command-exercise","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDragon\u2019s Teeth\u201d Installed During Western Operational Command Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Participants in the comprehensive exercise involving the Western Operational Command have begun carrying out training and combat tasks, the Ministry of Defence reported. Units are engaged in engineering preparations of concentration areas.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Engineering troops are installing non-explosive obstacles, including tetrahedrons \u2014 the so-called \u2018dragon\u2019s teeth\u2019. Each reinforced concrete structure weighs more than one tonne and stands over one metre high,&#8221;<\/i> the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>It added that standard engineering equipment is being used and that the experience of modern conflicts is being taken into account.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_526895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-526895\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-526895 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-17.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-17-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-17-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-17-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-526895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Ministry of Defence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_526894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-526894\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-526894 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-18.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-18-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-18-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-18-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-18-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-526894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Ministry of Defence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_526893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-526893\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-526893 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-20.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-20-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-20-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_15-15-20-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-526893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Ministry of Defence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participants in the comprehensive exercise involving the Western Operational Command have begun carrying out training and combat tasks, the Ministry of Defence reported. Units are engaged in engineering preparations of concentration areas. &#8220;Engineering troops are installing non-explosive obstacles, including tetrahedrons \u2014 the so-called \u2018dragon\u2019s teeth\u2019. Each reinforced concrete structure weighs more than one tonne and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":526942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69bbf1a4597a2.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"\u201cDragon\u2019s Teeth\u201d Installed During Western Operational Command Exercise"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-526943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}