Army to deploy four new Israeli heron drones in Ladakh

Anjali Yadav | THE DEN

After a few months of delays due to COVID19, the Indian Army's surveillance capabilities have been greatly enhanced as Israel delivers advanced Heron drones under the provision of emergency supplies to monitor operations. of China in the Ladakh region. All four drones have been deployed along the LAC in Ladakh for surveillance purposes, senior government sources told India Today. The four new drones are more advanced than the current ones. The sources say that the anti-jamming capabilities of the advanced drones are much better than that of their predecessors. The drones were acquired under emergency financing powers granted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to the defense force, the sources said. Indian forces will soon acquire Predator drones from the United States, further boosting the country's surveillance and drone strike capabilities. To prepare for several years, India is on track to acquire 30 Predator drones worth around Rs 21,000, in the same installation, the Indian Navy has leased two Predator drones already. obtained from General Atomics of the United States. The Indian Air Force has used the same power to acquire a large number of anti-tank guided missiles, long-range precision-guided shells as well as Hammer air-to-ground missiles with a range of about 70 km. The emergency purchase right under the capital repurchase route ended on August 31 of this year. The armed forces still have a number of projects in the process of being completed and, if renewed, they can also purchase this equipment to improve their combat capabilities. "Heron's advanced drones have arrived in the country and are being deployed for surveillance operations in the eastern region of Ladakh," senior government sources told