UAVs, Drones, Remote Surveillance Tech

[uddu]

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@VivekSi85847001
The next big thing in India's Loitering drone development

Sheshnag-150 Loitering drone by New Space during trial. Will be fun to see wave of this low cost drone towards enemies

1000+ Km Range, 5 hrs endurance
25-40 Kg Payload of different Kind.

@joe_sameer
Sir

[Rakesh]

India's next-gen military drones poised for a combat edge
https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-i ... 2025-11-08
08 Nov 2025

[A Sharma]

Indian Army, IAF ask DRDO for 16 laser anti-drone systems with upgraded range to counter Pakistan’s suicide UAVs

[saip]

They are talking of producing MILLIONS of drones per year by Russia and Ukraine. So where are we in that?

Drones have already revolutionized warfare. They’re about to do it again
CNN

[pravula]

They are talking of producing MILLIONS of drones per year by Russia and Ukraine. So where are we in that?

Drones have already revolutionized warfare. They’re about to do it again
CNN

We don't even produce hundreds of infantry rifles per decade. We still import...talk of drones...

[stephen]

They are talking of producing MILLIONS of drones per year by Russia and Ukraine. So where are we in that?

I guess drones, especially the ones that are not MALE or HALE, are evolving a bit too fast, where, one tactic would work for a maximum of a week or for just a few days and then suddenly the other party would know how to jam or make the drones operationally useless. In this fast evolving scenarios I dont know how our defense forces would allocate funds for mass production of a particular type and keep them in storage.
Where we seriously lack drones are for our troops performing CI duties as well as the BSF, and CRPF and other forces deployed in Anti naxal operations.
These troops need all kinds of drones from Kamakazi FPVs to drones mounted with TI and night vision. Our troops in the border need them by the thousands.

[saip]

To make drones jam proof they are using fiber optic cables. But how do you take down drone swarms if they come at you in thousands? Conventional weapons can't do it or would be too expensive. Only directed energy weapons could do it.

[Manish_P]

To make drones jam proof they are using fiber optic cables. But how do you take down drone swarms if they come at you in thousands? Conventional weapons can't do it or would be too expensive. Only directed energy weapons could do it.

Won't directed energy weapons be too costly as compared to traditional AAA ?

Also with current DEW you need to paint the drone for some time to fry it before moving to the next target.

With traditional AAA you can fire air burst rounds with each shells projectile fragment spread covering several feet