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Drones Need To Operate Close To Area of Operation

March 13, 2014 by KRS Leave a Comment

Drones lose punch in tracking Naxals after long flights

  • 12 Israeli made Searcher tactical drones, operated by National Technical Reconnaissance Organisation (NTRO), are used to keep an eye over Maoists infested jungles along the Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Chattisgarh borders.
  • These expensive drones are yet to zero in on 100 strong Maoist dens in these jungles
  • Remotely piloted drones have to fly a long distance from Begumpet airbase in AP to area of operation in Darba plateau, which rob drones of their hover-time, needed to gather pictures of areas
  • A proposal to reallocate drones to DRDO air strip in Jagdalpur, site recent Maoist attack, was earlier rejected by NTRO and Indian Air Force
  • NTRO agrees to relocate to Steel Authority of India run airstrip in Bhillai, 250 kms away from Jagdalpur
  • Drone fleet yet to move to Bhillai after signing an agreement to that effect in 2012. Lack of facilities for pilots cited as a reason for that.
  • Drones are available only 20 days in a month and for a few hours in a day. There is shortage of IAF trained pilots to operate the drones.
  • NTRO alleges it has no real-time access to police and IB intelligence.

Exams Perspective:

  1. National Technical Reconnaissance Organisation (NTRO)
  2. DRDO
  3. Drones
  4. Left Wing Extremism (LWE)

Filed Under: Current Affairs, National Tagged With: DRDO, Drones, Left Wing Extremism (LWE), National Technical Reconnaissance Organisation (NTRO)

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