India Has Tech To Hit Drones Upto 150 km Away Says CDS By CEO Insights Asia Team

India Has Tech To Hit Drones Upto 150 km Away Says CDS

CEO Insights Asia Team | Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 04:58 IST

With drones growing as a new age warfare technology, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan stated that India has technical systems that can attack the enemy's loitering ammunitions from 100 to 150 kilometers away in their land.

In response to a question about whether India could use drones to target terror camps in Pakistan, like the US does, he said, “I wish you observe the exhibition more closely. You will find systems which can target loitering munitions and have a range of 100 to 150 kms.”

The CDS was answering at the start of the three-day North Tech Symposium at the Indian Institute of Technology in Jammu. He emphasized the importance of India's self-sufficiency in the defense sector.

“There was a perception among the armed forces that weapons made in India were not good as compared to those from foreign countries. But I think it is changing now,” he said. He added that the armed forces need to participate in the model of self-reliance for it to be successful.“Now, armed forces are working in close co-ordination with the defence industry, academia and start-ups,” he said.

He did not, however, respond to claims of huge Chinese deployment and infrastructure development along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh.