India’s Border Security Force (BSF) has inaugurated its’ School of Drone Warfare. The paramilitary force is training the special units of "drone commandos" and "drone warriors" for modern warfare involving remote-controlled aerial platforms, with plans to deploy them in critical missions.
"The School of Drone Warfare will provide special training to the border guarding troops of the force in combating modern strategic challenges. The institute will prepare drone commandos and drone warriors through five special courses that include unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations, anti-drone warfare, and surveillance and intelligence gathering," a force spokesperson stated.
The 'School of Drone Warfare' was inaugurated by Border Security Force (BSF) director general Daljit Singh Chawdhary at the officers' training academy of the force in Tekanpur, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday.
The school has simulators and live drone flying zones, facilities for payload integration in the UAVs and night operations, tools for radio frequency (RF) jammers and kinetic interceptors, apart from linked hardware and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. BSF DG, after the inauguration of the school, addressed the trainee officers and cited an example of the significance of the drones in the ongoing three-year-long Russia-Ukraine war.
Besides this, the DG also spoke about the role of AI and machine learning (ML) in combat, proactive and weaponised drone use for decisive outcomes, the importance of FPV (first-person view related to remote piloting of Kamikaze drones), and strategic changes in national The force also tackles Chinese-made Pakistani drones that smuggle drugs, weapons, and ammunition into India from across the international border on the country's western side every day.
Eighteen BSF troops, during India’s this year Independence Day, were awarded gallantry medals for displaying "conspicuous bravery" and "unmatched valour" during Operation Sindoor. These included two personnel who were decorated with the military-issued Vir Chakra posthumously.
BSF is deployed in guarding the 2,290-km India-Pakistan International Border (IB) apart from the Line of Control (LoC) under the Army's operational command, and the 4,096-km front with Bangladesh.
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