India always preaches and practices “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”, but it is always susceptible to direct or indirect conflict with its two immediate neighbours. India is facing border dispute, Line of Control (LOC) and IB with Pakistan and Actual Line of Control (ALOC) and IB with China. India will receive Presidency of prestigious G20 in December, once again depicting the ever rising importance of India in international arena.With the rise in its stature both economically and militarily, it has to face intrastate and interstate challenges at same time with same focus and intensity. No doubt in last few years India has been consistently revamping its security apparatus for all thethree forces by imports or by indigenous modernisation. Bracing up for two sided offence India has imported defence equipment from multiple countries to reduce risk of dependency on one country as well as boosting friendly ties with many countries in the process, USA, France, Israel and Russia to name few. While India has maintained it’s no first attack policy but simultaneously demonstrated its will and capability to take head on if provoked at anytime and will defend itself at any cost. Surgical strikes of 2016 after Uri terrorist attack and 2019 Balakote strike after ghastly Pulwama terrorist act, both showing India’s resilience to counter anyone posing threat to India. But the latest threat is from Drones. Drones are being used for arms dropping, narcotics smuggling, recce, espionage and even direct attack. Worldwide problem with drones is that there is no law to regulate their sale, it can be built with little expertise from the electronic material readily available in the market. Drones are almost untraceable with conventional defence radar systems as such threat to vital installation is manifold unlike in the past. With radars, CCTVs and thermal imaging sensor in place manual crossing border without being traced is very difficult. But BSF, which has to man three thousand plus kilometers of border, faces a next to impossible task to make borders impregnable for drones. Initially BSF was not able to judge the situation, what to do with this new security threat but immediately devised strategies tocounter it. With a well equipped new lab to recover complete data of flight path, co-ordinates from where it originated and handler location and photographs, it can be used to bust modules of subversives. Further DRDO and other agencies have devised Laser-based Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs)to shoot down drones within a range of 2 kms, in additional to conventional hard shoot method. Drones can be hacked thereby taking control of intruder drones once inside our territory, BSF is capable of training its own manpower for this. Geo-Fencing is another way out where by GPS/RFID based virtual border is being created for any intruder.Other applied methods being Electro-Optical Sensing, electronic jamming through Global Navigation Satellite System and by shooting down or net captures using interceptor drones itself. But practically cost factor is there as such whole border cannot be made drone invincible.
Vigilant Armed Forces are capable of thwarting any attempt to challenge sovereignty of Nation. We can never forget bravery of our jawans at Galwan valley. India is changing under present regime, hundreds of old laws abolished, single window solutions for FDI, focus on ‘Make in India’ will ultimately make ‘Aatma Nirbhar Secure Bharat’, secure from all fronts, militarily as well as economically.
Follow our WhatsApp channel
