New Delhi: The India Security forces on the Pakistan border become more alert after receiving input Intelligence that Pakistan may use bigger drones against India in the future. In the year 2021, there were as many as 68 drone sightings in India, and it has raised concerns over a new security threat.
The Border Security Force is looking for ways to detect the smaller drones that have been used to smuggle in narcotics and arms from Pakistan.
These made in China drones are being provided to the terrorist groups by the ISI.
The investigations that have been conducted into the various drone sightings in the country have established that they are coming in from Pakistan and have been extensively used by terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad both in Jammu and Kashmir as well as Kashmir.
In January the Intelligence Bureau had said that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba held a meeting of its top commanders in Pakistan during which their drone strategy against India was discussed.
An IB officer tells that during a meeting with the top commanders of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad at Taxila in the Punjab province, it was decided to carry out small bomb attacks closer to the border using the Chinese commercial drones.
In the past couple of months, the Intelligence Bureau has raised concerns about Pakistan using bigger drones to smuggle in arms and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on the other hand designated Bharat Electronics as the lead agency for the production and development of an anti-drone system.
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