Monday, 27 June, 2022
TopicJammu Air Force station

Topic: Jammu Air Force station

2 drones, 2 kinds of IEDs, separate strikes — How Jammu air force station attack was planned

Snehesh Alex Philip -
It is believed that two attacks were planned for the same day. However, it is not yet clear where the two unmanned aerial aircraft originated from.

Design & materials of Jammu drone attack IEDs ‘point to Pakistan Ordnance factories’

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Preliminary report on IEDs dropped by drones has confirmed that RDX was used, and that both devices were packed with about 1.5-2 kg of explosives.

IAF plans to buy 10 anti-drone systems from Indian vendors after Jammu air base attack

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The systems are intended to ‘detect, track, identify, designate and neutralize’ hostile drones, and a Laser-DEW is essentially required as a ‘kill option’.

No US soldier was directly killed by ISIS drones. How they did it is a lesson for India

Tara Kartha -
Jammu drone attack exposes a lacuna last seen in the Galwan clash – the lack of a joint assessment team.

Drones are low-cost, high-dividend threats. But India is still shooting in the dark

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
Never in history has a weapons system offered so much to terrorists at so low a cost.

TV news is droning about drones and all aflutter over Twitter

Shailaja Bajpai -
Experts on news channels spoke aggressively after drone attack on Jammu Air Force station, want India to ‘occupy 40 km of PoK’.

Nano, micro, small: The different drone types in India & if Jammu-like strike can be averted

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
A drone attack at Jammu Air Force station Sunday has put the spotlight back on unmanned aerial vehicles, and how they symbolise a new terror challenge for India.

Jammu drone attack shows the difficulty of separating Kashmir issue from geopolitics

Shyam Saran -
Drone attack on Jammu Air Force station shows the limits of tactical moves such as the LoC ceasefire and relaxation of political tensions in J&K.

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Why countering ‘low-tech drone terror’ is going to be a big challenge for India

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Experts say the drone attack on the IAF station in Jammu reflects a paradigm shift in terror tactics & India needs strong countermeasures to tackle this new threat.

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G7 ban on new Russian gold imports ‘largely symbolic’, may not have major impact

Ranjeetha Pakiam -
The US, UK, Japan and Canada plan to announce the ban during the G7 summit that started Sunday in Germany. Flows have already been restricted by previous sanctions.

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Almost 4,000 enrol for IAF’s Agnipath recruitment scheme on day 1 of online registrations

Raghav Bikhchandani -
These registrations pertain to the Indian Air Force's Agniveer Vayu programme. The online portal for the first phase was opened at 10 am Friday, and will close on 5 July.

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With Agnipath, Modi govt’s shock & awe doctrine may have misfired a vital reform, yet again

Shekhar Gupta -
Modi govt's biggest flaw has been its disinclination to accept limitations of electoral majorities. This ruined land acquisition and farm reform, stalled labour codes.

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