India is setting up a surveillance system equipped with drones along its borders with China and Pakistan to avoid surprise attacks like the one from Hamas in Israel. Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a multi-pronged attack on unsuspecting Israelis via land, sea and air on October 7. After over two weeks of devastating airstrikes that have left thousands dead, and more than 1 million displaced in Gaza.
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Quoting people familiar with the matter who did not wish to be named, a Bloomberg report said defence officials met with six home-grown vendors of surveillance and reconnaissance drones last week and an order is expected to be announced as soon as next month.
In the past, India has battled surprise attacks by neighbouring countries. In 2008, assailants from Pakistan armed with assault weapons and grenades infiltrated Mumbai by sea and managed to kill 166 people.
Meanwhile, South Korean and US troops also conducted live-fire exercises this week to be prepared to respond to potential Hamas-style surprise artillery attacks by North Korea, South Korea’s military said Friday.
The three-day firing exercises, which began Wednesday, involved 5,400 South Korean and US soldiers, 300 artillery systems, 1,000 vehicles and air force assets, according to South Korea’s military, a PTI report said.
In a simulated response to “the enemy’s (possible) Hamas-style surprise artillery attacks,” the exercises practised strikes designed to “remove the origins of the enemy’s long-range artillery provocations at an early date,” South Korea’s Ground Operations Command said in a statement.
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