Eyes on the Border
Subhashis Mittra
The fact that more than 260 drones have been downed or recovered from India’s border with Pakistan in 2024 as compared to around 110 in 2023 cannot be glossed over. The maximum number of interception of drones carrying arms and drugs have taken place in Punjab, and some in Rajasthan and Jammu.
This menace is going to get more serious in the coming days, said Union home minister Amit Shah, adding that the security establishment was engaged in tackling this issue in a ‘whole of government’ approach with the border guarding forces, defence and research organisations and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Shah made these remarks at the 60th Raising Day event of the Border Security Force (BSF) at its training camp in Jodhpur, some 300 km from the India-Pakistan border. He said that India will soon set up a comprehensive anti-drone unit for the country to secure its borders as the ‘menace’ of unmanned aeri
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