India's Indigenous 'Saksham' System
UPSC Relevance
Prelims: Defence (New Defence Technologies, Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems - C-UAS, Drones, Defence Public Sector Undertakings - DPSUs like Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)); Science and Technology.
Mains:
General Studies Paper 3 (Security & S&T): Security challenges and their management in border areas; Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security (drones used by terrorists/state actors); Indigenization of technology and developing new technology.
Key Highlights from the News
To counter enemy drones and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), the Indian Army has started procuring the indigenously developed 'Saksham' system.
This is a Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS).
The Army developed it in collaboration with the public sector undertaking, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).
This command and control system can detect, track, identify, and neutralise drones.
It will help destroy drones through both "soft kill" and "hard kill" methods.
This is a significant step towards India's Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliance) in defence, addressing the drone threat in modern warfare.
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