India to hold its biggest drone exercise seeking air defense boost

NEW DELHI: India’s military will test drone and counter drone systems next month in a major exercise to toughen its air defenses, a senior officer said on Tuesday, months after a conflict with Pakistan saw the large-scale use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Since the four-day clash, both neighboring countries have ramped up drone development in what analysts describe as a drone arms race. India has also announced plans to build an indigenous air defense system, dubbed ‘Sudarshan Chakra’, by 2035 — an initiative officials have likened to Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’.

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