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The Union authorities has warned of imaginable rogue drone attacks targeting captious installations on the borders, prompting information agencies to enactment connected deploying counter-drone exertion systems to safeguard captious assets crossed the country.
According to authoritative sources, the Marine Security Wing of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways issued the alert connected the emerging drone menace astatine Vital Assets and Vital Installations (VAVIs) located astir the onshore and oversea borders.
It was stated that the existent geo-political concern crossed the satellite had demonstrated that hostile drones could disrupt operations of captious VAVIs. “There is an urgent request to instrumentality factual steps to safeguard our assets, particularly those located adjacent the borders from rogue drones by installing Anti-Drone Systems,” the connection said.
Trials started
In presumption of the emerging threat, the Ministry of Home Affairs had constituted the Anti Rogue Drone Technology Committee successful the Border Security Force (BSF) for the valuation and certification of counter-rogue drone exertion systems for deployment successful India. The unit is successful the process of installing anti-drone systems successful Punjab on the Pakistan borderline for which trials had already started, the sources said.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) had besides formed a Sub-Committee Board of Officers comprising members from the Defence Research Development Organisation, Intelligence Bureau, Airports Authority of India, BSF and different stakeholders to transportation retired surveys of VAVIs.
The Anti-Drone Systems would beryllium projected for installation astatine VAVIs connected the ground of menace appraisal and survey study of the committee and with the support of the Union Home Ministry, the sources said.
First larboard successful India
In February, 2026, the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority successful Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, had go the archetypal larboard successful the state to initiate the implementation of precocious Anti-Drone System arsenic portion of measures to support the captious larboard infrastructure. The larboard signed an statement with the Central Electronics Limited, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology.
The task involves the deployment of an integrated vigor frequence and radar-based drone detection and jamming system, specifically tailored for analyzable larboard environments, providing 360-degree sum and omni-directional bearing. It was aligned with the April Kaal Vision 2047 and Maritime India Vision 2030, aimed astatine strengthening nationalist information and maritime resilience by enhancing airspace surveillance.
