{"id":253536,"date":"2024-12-09T00:54:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T19:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=253536"},"modified":"2024-12-09T00:54:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T19:24:03","slug":"india-to-create-comprehensive-anti-drone-unit-for-border-security-shah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/12\/09\/india-to-create-comprehensive-anti-drone-unit-for-border-security-shah\/","title":{"rendered":"India to create comprehensive anti-drone unit for border security: Shah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>[ Neelabh Srivastava ]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>JODHPUR, 8 Dec:<\/strong> Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said India will soon create a comprehensive anti-drone unit to secure its borders as the &#8220;menace&#8221; of unmanned aerial vehicles is going to get serious in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing BSF troops at the 60th raising day event of the force here at its training camp, about 300 kmsfrom the India-Pakistan border, Shah said that the initial results of a &#8220;laser equipped anti-drone gun-mounted&#8221; mechanism have been encouraging.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This has led to an increase in drone neutralisation anddetection cases, up from 3 percent to 55 percent, along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The drone menace is going to get more serious in the coming days&#8230; We are tackling this issue with a &#8216;whole of government&#8217; approach with the defence and research organisations and the DRDO joining hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We are going to create a comprehensive anti-drone unit for the country in the coming time,&#8221; Shah said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to official data, more than 260 drones have been downed or recovered from India&#8217;s border with Pakistan this year as compared to about 110 in 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The maximum number of such interdictions of drones carrying arms and drugs has taken place in Punjab and very few in Rajasthan and Jammu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister reviewed the ceremonial parade, took salute and awarded medals to gallantry award winners and some other decorations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ Neelabh Srivastava ] JODHPUR, 8 Dec: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said India will soon create a comprehensive anti-drone unit to secure its borders as the &#8220;menace&#8221; of unmanned aerial vehicles is going to get serious in the coming days. Addressing BSF troops at the 60th raising day event of the force [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-253536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}