New Delhi, July 17 -- Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Wednesday warned against dependence on foreign niche technology, adding that Pakistan used unarmed drones and loitering munitions on May 10 during Operation Sindoor but could not inflict any damage on Indian military or civilian infrastructure.

"Most of them were neutralised through a combination of kinetic and non-kinetic means. And some of them were recovered in almost intact condition," he said at a seminar at the Manekshaw Centre in Delhi

India launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of May 7 and struck nine terror and military installations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) following the April 22 Pahalgam terror strike that killed 26 peop...