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[Watch] Indian Army Trains Kite To Hunt Enemy Drones

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OB Bureau

New Delhi: The Indian Army may have found a solution to tackle the problem of drones carrying drugs and arms coming from Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. For the first time, a kite has been trained to identify and destroy enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The kite named “Arjun” trained to prey on enemy drones was shown in action during an ongoing joint training exercise ‘Yuddh Abhyas’ of India and the US in Uttarakhand’s Auli, news agency ANI reported.

“Indian Army troops are using trained Kites to prey on enemy drones in a first-of-its-kind usage of these birds. Indian Army is using trained Kites along with dogs for military operations,” Army officials were quoted as saying.

The 18th edition of India-US joint military exercise Yudh Abhyas aims to enhance interoperability and share expertise between both the armies in peacekeeping and disaster relief operations, officials had said. The exercise is conducted annually between India and the US with the aim of exchanging best practices, tactics, techniques and procedures between the armies of the two nations. The previous edition of the exercise was conducted at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska, the US in October 2021, PTI reported officials as saying.

Earlier this month, BSF Director General Pankaj Kumar Singh had said that instances of drones bringing drugs, arms and ammunition along the Punjab and Jammu borders from across Pakistan have more than doubled in 2022 and the BSF is looking for a foolproof solution to check this menace.

He also informed that the BSF has set up a state-of-the-art laboratory in Delhi to study drone forensics and the results have been very encouraging.

OB Bureau

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