India, Aug. 12 -- Technology can be both a strength and a drawback in modern warfare. The well-publicised Hezbollah Pager Attacks, in which cheap, apparently benign consumer electronics were used as weapons to bypass sophisticated security systems, strikingly revealed this reality.

In today's fast-changing geopolitical landscape, India faces a serious threat due to its reliance on foreign drone controllers, the brains behind unmanned aerial vehicles. Such incidents highlight the serious dangers associated with the use of vulnerable imported electronics on national security as the nation moves towards broader adoption of digital technology.

In one of the chilling examples of how asymmetric warfare works, Israel allegedly used commercial ...