New Delhi: The Anti-Drone technology of India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) – can easily detect flying drones in the sky and capable enough to destroy them. Dangerous technology of DRDO to protect the country’s border areas – can give the armed forces an edge over detecting, intercepting, and destroying enemy drones.
This anti-drone system can detect and destroy drones in the air using a laser-based kill system.
A special technology developed by the DRDO – had been deployed for VVIP protection on Independence Day-2020, the Former US President Donald Trump’s visit to Motera stadium in Ahmedabad, and Republic Day 2021.
According to the information, this system can detect and jam micro drones up to 3 kilometers and fires laser signals to bring down a target up to 1-2.5 kilometers.
DRDO has transferred the production of the anti-drone system to Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and is also ready to transfer technology to private companies to produce the anti-drone system under license, says a media report.
A few days back, two blasts were carried out by drones in the technical area of Jammu Air Force Station on Sunday morning. The first blast took place at 1:37 pm the other one was reported at 1.42 am.
The Indian Airforce in its statement said that “One of the blasts caused minor damage to the roof of a building while the other exploded in an open area. No damage to any equipment was reported; however, two personnel suffered minor injuries.”
The attack on the Air Force Station took place a few hours after Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested an alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba operative with an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing nearly 5 kg in Jammu.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting attended by Cabinet ministers to review India’s drone policy, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri were part of the high-level meeting.
