PANJIM, May 10 -- SHASHWAT GUPTA RAY

After the Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Hamas conflicts, drone warfare has made its presence felt in a big way during the ongoing India-Pakistan conflict. According to military experts, going ahead, drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles UAVs) will have a critical role to play in inflicting maximum damage to the opposition in the 'contactless war'.

This can be only countered by having a robust air defence system (ADS), as displayed by India.

Elaborating on this issue, Col (retd) C M Chavan, who served in the Corps of Army Air Defence (AAD), said, "The ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have demonstrated the operational effectiveness of swarm drone attacks. These systems, owing to their low cos...