Armed forces to test capabilities of drones and counter-drone systems

The armed forces will test the capabilities of some of its drones and counter-drone systems during an exercise by the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS) in the first week of October, a senior official said on Tuesday.

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The exercise will be held somewhere in Madhya Pradesh from October 6-10, sources said

In his address at a conference on air defence systems here, Air Marshal Rakesh Sinha, Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (OPS) at HQ IDS, also spoke of the lessons drawn from Operation Sindoor and the need to “stay ahead” of the adversary in military thinking and planning.

‘The conference hosted in Delhi was themed on ‘Counter UAVs & Air Defence Systems: The Future of Modern Warfare’ and saw participation of senior military officers, representatives of various firms in the defence industry and domain experts.