What We Know About The Indian Armed Forces' Ability To Deploy And Defend Against Drones
by Anand Parthasarathy - Jul 3, 2021 06:40 AM
TAPAS drone
Snapshot
The Indian Armed Forces have been deploying UAVs for three decades now â mostly for surveillance.
Even looking at futuristic drone-attack scenarios, the technology to counter them is in place, but some gaps need to be filled.
The June 27 attack by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) commonly called drones, on the IAF station in Jammu and the subsequent sighting of more such aerial intruders in nearby places, have the appearance of probing movements to test the efficacy of delivering destructive payloads from safe havens across the border.