WATCH: Indian Army kite destroys drones during Indo-US wargame

Auli, Nov 30: The Indian Army has trained a kite to identify and destroy enemy drones carrying drugs and ammunition from across the border. The exercise was demonstrated during the 18th joint training exercise ‘Yuddh Abhyas 22’ of India and the US in Uttarakhand’s Auli.

 

 

In the demonstration, the Indian Army used a kite named ‘Arjun’ and an army dog. As reported earlier, kites trained by the Indian Army were seen at the ongoing Indo-US wargame Yudhabhyas in Auli, Uttarakhand. The aim to is hunt down enemy drones.

 

 

This kind of capability can help the security forces to tackle the menace of drones coming from across the border to Indian areas in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. This came after several cases have come to light where drones coming from Pakistan side dropped consignment of drugs, guns and money in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.

Recently on November 24, Jammu and Kashmir Police recovered a consignment of weapons and Indian currency that were dropped by a Pakistani drone in the Samba district of Jammu.