Official sources said the security forces guarding important installations, airports and even their camps have been directed to continue till suitable technology is found to thwart such air strikes. Use rubber bullets with pump action guns to neutralize low flying drones.
In addition, forces like the Border Security Force (BSF) have recently installed an Improvised Iron Pole Mounted Light Machine Gun (LMGHe said surveillance posts on some of its border deployments against Pakistan to take down 360-degree targets and shoot down high-altitude drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
A latest blueprint prepared by central security agencies to counter the emerging drone menace has been reviewed by PTI and it directs security forces to use PAGs (Pump Action Guns) that can be used for “any low flying are already available in their arsenal to neutralize UAVs”.
Following the directive, central forces deployed for internal security have started allotting PAGs to their units vulnerable to drone threats, including those deployed for anti-Naxal operations.
“Till a complete technology solution is found to effectively check and neutralize a drone attack, the security forces have been asked to use what is available with them like PAG.
“People who do not have sufficient numbers of these non-lethal weapons have been asked to buy them,” a senior Union Home Ministry the officer said.
He said the security units deployed for counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir and those guarding the airport borders have also been asked to provide these weapons to their sentries deployed for surveillance and security of the premises.
“It has been found that rubber pellets fired by PAG can effectively bring down a drone which is flying at a height of about 60-100 meters above the ground and attempt to drop bombs or reconnaissance of the camp area or installation. Has been doing.” An official of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) gave this information.
For example, he said, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) protects many airports and facilities in the power and nuclear sector where either people are living close to the border or there is vehicular movement, and therefore using a lethal weapon INSAS The rifle can cause collateral damage and injure a person.
Therefore, the official said that it has been advised that if low-flying drones are detected, they should be shot down using PAGs and the facility and the people there should be saved from major damage.
“Various CAPFs like CRPF, ITBP, SSB and CISF have their camps in risk zones and hence they have been advised to use pump action guns to protect their camps from drone bombing or surveillance sorties,” a third official said.
For border guard forces such as the BSF, which guard more than 6,300 km of the Indian front with Pakistan and Bangladesh, it is “suggested” to use regular lethal weapons such as the INSAS rifle to shoot down a drone, but If they find a UAV landing or missing at altitude to carry out the attack, it has been recommended that PAGs be used, the officials said.
The security establishment is still considering procuring a suitable anti-drone technology for the past few years, but for the first time, the effort has been given a boost in the wake of a drone strike. Indian Air Force On June 27, two UAVs dropped bombs at the Jammu station, injuring two airmen and damaging a part of a building inside.
Former Director General of BSF Rakesh Asthana Said that such incidents are a “very serious and very dangerous” threat and there is an urgent need to develop counter-technology against this challenge.
In addition, forces like the Border Security Force (BSF) have recently installed an Improvised Iron Pole Mounted Light Machine Gun (LMGHe said surveillance posts on some of its border deployments against Pakistan to take down 360-degree targets and shoot down high-altitude drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
A latest blueprint prepared by central security agencies to counter the emerging drone menace has been reviewed by PTI and it directs security forces to use PAGs (Pump Action Guns) that can be used for “any low flying are already available in their arsenal to neutralize UAVs”.
Following the directive, central forces deployed for internal security have started allotting PAGs to their units vulnerable to drone threats, including those deployed for anti-Naxal operations.
“Till a complete technology solution is found to effectively check and neutralize a drone attack, the security forces have been asked to use what is available with them like PAG.
“People who do not have sufficient numbers of these non-lethal weapons have been asked to buy them,” a senior Union Home Ministry the officer said.
He said the security units deployed for counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir and those guarding the airport borders have also been asked to provide these weapons to their sentries deployed for surveillance and security of the premises.
“It has been found that rubber pellets fired by PAG can effectively bring down a drone which is flying at a height of about 60-100 meters above the ground and attempt to drop bombs or reconnaissance of the camp area or installation. Has been doing.” An official of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) gave this information.
For example, he said, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) protects many airports and facilities in the power and nuclear sector where either people are living close to the border or there is vehicular movement, and therefore using a lethal weapon INSAS The rifle can cause collateral damage and injure a person.
Therefore, the official said that it has been advised that if low-flying drones are detected, they should be shot down using PAGs and the facility and the people there should be saved from major damage.
“Various CAPFs like CRPF, ITBP, SSB and CISF have their camps in risk zones and hence they have been advised to use pump action guns to protect their camps from drone bombing or surveillance sorties,” a third official said.
For border guard forces such as the BSF, which guard more than 6,300 km of the Indian front with Pakistan and Bangladesh, it is “suggested” to use regular lethal weapons such as the INSAS rifle to shoot down a drone, but If they find a UAV landing or missing at altitude to carry out the attack, it has been recommended that PAGs be used, the officials said.
The security establishment is still considering procuring a suitable anti-drone technology for the past few years, but for the first time, the effort has been given a boost in the wake of a drone strike. Indian Air Force On June 27, two UAVs dropped bombs at the Jammu station, injuring two airmen and damaging a part of a building inside.
Former Director General of BSF Rakesh Asthana Said that such incidents are a “very serious and very dangerous” threat and there is an urgent need to develop counter-technology against this challenge.
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