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As India gives a strong and calibrated response to Pakistan’s escalations, the world ought to ponder on another question for the future. Comparing two recent precedents of “rogue terror attacks” in India (by TRF) and in Israel (by Hamas) we saw targeted attacks based on religion. Another commonality was attack on civilians or innocent tourists, confirming both as terror attacks to incite fear. While traditional warfare is fought between state actors by their military, as we are witnessing in Ukraine.
Another upcoming trend is the use of swarm drones that fire hundreds of drones at once, with the aim to flood the air defence system of the target country. We have seen the recent failure of once impregnable Israel’s “Iron Dome” in engaging all rockets. Even if the country succeeds in engaging all the rockets, the cost of one rocket is way less than the defending missile that neutralised it. In both scenarios, the target country is at a loss.
This technique utilised by Hamas has given a way to rogue actors to penetrate the air defence of strong countries. Understandably so, even Pakistan used the same tactic to fire ‘300-400 rockets across the entire length of the border from Jammu to Sir Creek’ as briefed by MEA.
While we are proud of our Armed forces not letting a single drone attack successful, all the global powers are left to ponder on this trend. The need of the hour is to develop cheaper alternatives to missiles to engage swarm drones. India, aspiring to be a global brand in defence manufacturing, stands a great chance to innovate for this upcoming dimension of warfare and make a niche market for its products.
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