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India must strike to deter, any other policy for drone attacks will play into Pakistanâs hands
When it comes to drones hovering on India-Pakistan border, political will, equipped with a broad range of innovative capabilities to inflict pain, remains the best defence. Text Size:
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Drones captured the imagination of the Indian public last week by dropping explosives on a military target close to the India-Pakistan border. Fear ensued, with Pakistan and drones coalescing in the public perception. Terrorism has revealed another arrow in its arsenal, and India seemed unprepared despite threat recognition for several years.
The truth is, that even the US has not been able to evolve adequate defensive measures against this form of threat â small-sized, difficult to detect, terrain-hugging drones armed with explosives and, used in Kamikaze mode. US bases in Iraq and Afghanistan have repeatedly been targeted.
Indiaâs gamble on China failed in Ladakh. But thereâs a new risk worth taking
Modi government has taken several gambles in internal affairs â Article 370 to Kumbh. Now it s time for our foreign policy. Text Size:
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The deadlock on military de-escalation in Ladakh continues. It might turn out to be another example of Chinaâs perfidy. India has had sufficient historical experience with Chinaâs use of agreements for buying time and deceiving us. The 2018 agreement for defusing the crisis in Doklam and its subsequent military occupation of the rest of the Doklam plateau is fresh in memory. It should have warned us about the dangers of China getting India to withdraw from a tactically advantageous position at the Kailash Range in Ladakh and then using delay tactics to keep India under pressure.