Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday said it has made drone warfare a compulsory part of its training after Operation Sindoor. The force is also developing its own tools for modern combat. “We have revised the training curriculum. Drone technology is now mandatory. A drone school has also been started so the force can rely on indigenous solutions for modern warfare,” said Shamsher Singh, director of the BSF academy.It was earlier reported that the Border Security Force (BSF) is raising its first drone squadron to counter increasing aerial threats. According to PTI, sources confirmed that the new drone squadron will be stationed at BoPs spanning the more than 2,000-km India-Pakistan border across Jammu, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat. Each drone team will consist of 2-3 trained personnel.
What’s BSF’s Drone training
UAVs- future of combatDuring Operation Sindoor, launched in May after the Pahalgam terror attack killed 26 people, India faced drone strikes and loitering munitions which were simply swatted out of the sky while the rest were repelled by army air defence (AD) units.Speaking in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, chief of defence staff general Anil Chauhan stressed the importance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and the need for India to build its own counter-drone technology.“When we talk about drones, we must ask, are they bringing an evolutionary change or a revolutionary change in warfare?” he said. “I believe their development has been evolutionary, but their use has been revolutionary. As we realised their scope, the army began deploying drones in a revolutionary way. You have seen this in several wars fought by us,” Chauhan said at a defence workshop in Delhi in July.Eighteen BSF personnel were awarded gallantry medals for their role, including two posthumously for displaying courage during Operation Sindoor.