When it comes to drones hovering on India-Pakistan border, political will, equipped with a broad range of innovative capabilities to inflict pain, remains the best defence.
The D-4 drone system is capable of early detection of drones and damaging their hardware, destroying micro-drones by jamming the command and control links, the DRDO said.
One drone was spotted at 11.45 pm Sunday night and the other at 2.40 am, the defence officials said. Both drones flew away after sentries fired at them.
The 2 drones, spotted hovering in Jabbowal and Vikram border outpost areas in Arnia Saturday morning, returned to the Pakistani side after the alert BSF personnel fired on them.
Army termed the drone system a disruption technology, which can hit targets 50 km inside enemy territory. The system has been developed in collaboration with a Bengaluru startup.
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