Our Bureau
New Delhi
India’s defence system has become the major factor that has kept the Indian soil safe from the attacks by Pakistan. Ever since the Indian armed forces carried out Operation Sindoor on Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the neighboring country has continuously used drones to attack India. But India has been mostly secure as Pak drones and missiles were intercepted well by the Indian defence systems.
India’s robust ‘Drone, Detect, Deter, and Destroy’ system has been the biggest wall of defence that has stopped Pakistani drones and missiles from causing havoc. This D4 system was designed and developed by Indian defence scientists from the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO). The D4 system is very similar to the “Iron Dome” shield which was used by Israel’s military forces to intercept the attacks and defend itself from Hamas in Gaza and Houthis in Yemen.
These are ground-based rather invisible systems that have been knocking out the Turkish drones that have tried to infiltrate the Indian airspaces. It was reported that while DRDO was building this anti-drone defence system they brought in around 4 labs that specialised in different sectors to develop a multi-sensor solution for the detection, identification, and neutralisation of these drones.
Other major defence systems that have helped India shield the nation from Pakistan’s numerous attacks are Russia’s S-400, India’s Aakash, Israel’s Barak-8 MR-SAM and Spyder. Other short-range defence systems include Russian Igla-S (6 km), Igla-1M (5 km), OSA-AK-M (10 km), Pechora missiles, and upgraded L-70 guns (3.5 km).
India and Pakistan’s conflict seems to have taken a sudden change with Pakistan and India agreeing to a ceasefire on the evening of 10th May after it was reported that Pakistan’s DGMO had initiated the call for a ceasefire. But Pakistan has backpedalled on the agreement rather quickly and has already broken the ceasefire agreement merely hours after agreeing. Pakistan is violating ceasefire and firing shots as well as sending drones targeting Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.
