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Indian Army to purchase 850 kamikaze drones

As part of the lessons learned from Operation Sindoor, the Indian Army is preparing to purchase 850 kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicles that will be used to equip three defense forces and special forces. The Indian Army’s bid is at an advanced stage of acquisition. It looks like it will become clear soon with the high-level meeting of the Defense Acquisition Council scheduled to be held in the last week of this month, defense sources told ANI.

They said that as per the proposal, which will be implemented by the force under expedited procedures, the Army will receive around 850 stray munitions along with launchers from indigenous sources. It was stated that the Indian Army uses a large number of stray munitions obtained from different sources and currently plans to introduce around 30,000 of them in the near future to equip its entire combat forces.

It was stated that the army infantry battalions will now have an Ashni platoon in each, and this platoon will be responsible for using unmanned aerial vehicles to be used against enemy areas, as well as counter-insurgency missions.

The Indian Army used drones extensively to target terror headquarters in Pakistan during Operation Sidoor. India neutralized seven of nine terrorist targets on the first day of the operation organized in retaliation for the Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 26 people lost their lives. Later, drones were also used against the Pakistan Army, which came out in force to defend the terrorists it supported. They said the death toll in the army’s attacks was very high and caused heavy damage to enemy infrastructure on the border.