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2171 Days before the drone attack on the Jammu air base, top officials in the armed forces and the Home Ministry had objected to any further opening up of the skies for civilian drone operations. File photo
Ajay Banerjee
New Delhi, June 28
Days before the drone attack on the Jammu air base, top officials in the armed forces and the Home Ministry had objected to any further opening up of the skies for civilian drone operations.
The use of drones by civilian operators came up for discussion last week during a meeting on Unmanned Aircraft System Rules, which came into effect on March 12. The rules allow flying of drones under certain conditions. There are 34 green zones in which drone operations are permitted after intimation about the time and location of flight.
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Ajay Banerjee
New Delhi, June 27
The Indian Air Force base at Jammu came under a drone attack in the wee hours of Sunday, the first such assault on a military installation in the country.
First assault at 1:27 am
Two blasts at 5-minute interval 1:27 am and 1:32 am rock IAF base in Jammu on Sunday
Two IAF personnel suffer minor injuries
First blast rips off concrete roof of a single-storey building in technical area of airport manned by Indian Air Force. The second explosion was on open ground
Small drones hard to detect
The attack points to a new threat that has emerged from small drones, which are hard to detect but can carry up to 10 kg of explosives
Ajay Banerjee
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 24
The Ministry of Defence on Thursday revived the much delayed project to have modern infantry combat vehicles (ICVs) to replace the Army’s
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