New Delhi: The prototype anti-drone system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be installed on border areas of the Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab sectors. The Border Security Force (BSF) has asked the DRDO to bring an anti-drone system to Jammu and Punjab sectors for testing under real conditions.
The anti-drone system was tested successfully under controlled conditions at a DRDO facility before BSF officials and security agencies in Karnataka’s Kolar earlier this month.
According to the media report, Pakistan-based terrorist groups are using unnamed drones to target, drop, and supply weapons, and explosives, and ammunition across the western borders to their terror network within India, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, and Punjab.
On Friday early morning (July 23), IEDs carrying drone was shot down by Jammu and Kashmir police near Gurachak village, eight kilometers within the Indian Territory in the Akhnoor-Sunderbani sector.
Army and the security forces are still to deploy the DRDO anti-drone system, Bharat Electronics Limited and three private Indian companies have signed transfer of technology agreements with the government agency to mass-produce the system.
The drone attack on the Jammu airbase raised serious concerns as the unmanned platform not only traveled 30 kilometers to and fro from the border but also dropped RDX explosives on the installations at the airbase.
It was only due to high winds that the targets—air traffic control and a helicopter—were missed but the targets had been fixed through precise latitude and longitude using GPS. Unpredicted activities suddenly increased in the border areas, and drone activity at border areas could be a new challenge for the Indian Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir.