Guwahati: Recognizing the increasing threat posed by unmanned aerial vehicles, India is set to establish a comprehensive anti-drone unit to safeguard its borders.
Addressing BSF troops at the 60th Raising Day event of the force at its training camp in Jodhpur on Sunday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “The initial results of a laser equipped anti-drone gun-mounted” mechanism have been encouraging. This has led to an increase in drone neutralisation and detection cases, up from 3 percent to 55 percent, along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab.”
Shah claimed that the drone menace is going to get more serious in the coming days.
“We are tackling this issue in a ‘whole of government’ approach with the border guarding forces, defence and research organisations and the DRDO joining hands,” he said.
“We are going to create a comprehensive anti-drone unit for the country in the coming time,” Shah said.
According to official data, more than 260 drones have been downed or recovered from India’s border with Pakistan this year as compared to about 110 in 2023.
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The maximum number of such interdictions of drones carrying arms and drugs has taken place in Punjab and very few in Rajasthan and Jammu.
