The drone challenge

India's attack & detection capabilities need urgent upgrading

Hard questions need to be asked about how a terror outfit a few km across the border in Pakistan was able to drop, completely undetected, two 5-6 kg improvised explosive devices (IEDs) within yards of the air traffic control tower and a parked helicopter at Jammu airport. Although the damage was not severe and fortunately did not result in any deaths, the incident — like those multiple terrorist attacks on army bases in the region since 2015 — raises some doubts about the robustness of India’s intelligence and surveillance capabilities in this sensitive border region. Though it is admittedly near-impossible