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India Expands Indigenous Defences Against Hostile Drones and Swarms
India has developed a widening range of systems to detect, disrupt and destroy hostile drones, according to The Times of India. These include Solar Defence and Aerospace’s Bhargavastra, the Indrajaal system, and…
The Story in Brief
India has developed a widening range of systems to detect, disrupt and destroy hostile drones, according to The Times of India. These include Solar Defence and Aerospace’s Bhargavastra, the Indrajaal system, and the DRDO-developed, Bharat Electronics-manufactured D4 anti-drone platform. The systems combine radar, electro-optical sensors, radio-frequency detection, jamming, navigation denial, lasers, micro-missiles and interceptor drones.
Bhargavastra uses precision micro-missiles against individual drones and swarms and has been demonstrated to the Army. Indrajaal uses AI analytics, jamming and a Zombee interceptor drone. The D4 system has been operationally deployed in portable and vehicle-mounted forms. DRDO’s ULPGM-V3 missile, designed to engage aerial and ground targets, remains under development.
The Indian Opinion
Claims that drones have made conventional air defence obsolete are overstated, just as claims that one indigenous system can solve the swarm problem are premature. Jamming may fail against autonomous or changing systems, while hard-kill weapons bring cost, ammunition and identification challenges. The useful test is operational performance, not launch-event claims: how many drones each system detects and defeats in realistic swarm exercises, at what cost and with what false-alarm rate.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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