{"id":115235,"date":"2021-06-28T19:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T13:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=115235"},"modified":"2021-06-28T22:18:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T16:48:19","slug":"threats-posed-by-uavs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/threats-posed-by-uavs\/","title":{"rendered":"Threats Posed by UAVs – Explained, Pointwise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Introduction:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

Over the past two years, drones or UAVs<\/a> have been deployed regularly by Pakistan-based outfits to smuggle arms, ammunition, conducting <\/span>aerial surveillance,<\/span>\u00a0and drugs into Indian territory. Recently, two explosive devices were dropped from a drone at the air force base in Jammu. This was the\u00a0<\/span>first known drone or UAV attack on an Indian military establishment<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In certain incidents, the small drones were also armed with explosive ordnance, to convert them into potentially lethal guided missiles. This demonstrates the growing sophistication in the field of UAVs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Past UAVs threats<\/span><\/b>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

Weaponised\u00a0drones were first used by the Islamic State in northern Iraq in 2016 and then in Syria.<\/span>\u00a0 After that, every terror outfit started using drones to create devastation. According to government figures, 167 drone sightings in 2019 and 77 in 2020 were recorded along the border with Pakistan. Significant ones include,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n