Military Drones in India: New Frontier of Warfare

Pintu Kumar Mahla
Mr Pintu Kumar Mahla is a Research Intern at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. read more
Volume:16
Issue:4
Commentaries

A new phase of drone warfare has come, involving several actors and the usage of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has progressed beyond
counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations to full-scale conventional battles. Moreover, as technology advances and is linked to artificial intelligence, a new third era of drone warfare is on the horizon. It is therefore pertinent to analyse the global proliferation of military drones, the indigenisation of military drones in India and to examine where India stands in the context of military drones.

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