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IAF shoots down Pak UAV on Rajasthan border

  •   Mon, Mar 04 2019 08:17:19 PM

New Delhi, Mar 4 (IANS); The India-Pakistan tension might have eased a bit, but an Indian Air Force Su-30 MKI on Monday shot down a Pakistani Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in the Nal sector on the International Border in Rajasthan today morning.

Earlier in the day, IAF chief B.S. Dhanoa had claimed that the operations were still going on as he refused to go into details about the aerial engagement between the two forces.

Sources said that the forces continued to be on high state of alert and that the air defence systems are manned to deal with any eventuality.

Meanwhile, anxiety and speculation were rife across the border in Pakistan where social media went into overdrive after some "shells" reportedly fell in Fort Abbas near Bahawalpur. It was later clarified that these were extra fuel tanks dropped by PAF fighters on patrol. Fort Abbas is located close to Rajasthan border.

There were claims by unconfirmed sources about both sides thwarted each other's aggressive intents.
  

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  • El En Tea, Mumbai

    Tue, Mar 05 2019

    Major media shows its a Drone which can move only certain distance with remote control.

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  • mohan, Mangalore

    Tue, Mar 05 2019

    All these news will come till election .....just to win election........once election finished all fake news will stop..

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Mar 05 2019

    Last month I attended a wedding in Bantwal & I was surprised to see a Drone capturing Video ...

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  • Ruben Pinto, Mangalore/Australia

    Tue, Mar 05 2019

    A sukhoi to bring down a drone? IAF do make us laughing matter.

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Mon, Mar 04 2019

    Actually now anti Modi team will ask for proof of this too. BTW Rajasthan is being governed by Congress, right? They can find debris of drone?

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Mon, Mar 04 2019

    UAV means Drone ...

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  • Langoolacharya., Belman / Washington, DC.

    Mon, Mar 04 2019

    Sir Jossey,

    Following is definition of UAV from US Airforce...

    "As of January 2014, the U.S. military operates a large number of unmanned aerial systems (UAVs or Unmanned Air Vehicles): 7,362 RQ-11 Ravens; 990 AeroVironment Wasp IIIs; 1,137 AeroVironment RQ-20 Pumas; and 306 RQ-16 T-Hawk small UAS systems and 246 Predators and MQ-1C Grey Eagles; 126 MQ-9 Reapers; 491 RQ-7 Shadows; and 33 RQ-4 Global Hawk large systems.[1]

    The military role of unmanned aircraft systems is growing at unprecedented rates. In 2005, tactical- and theater-level unmanned aircraft alone had flown over 100,000 flight hours in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which they are organized under Task Force Liberty in Afghanistan and Task Force ODIN in Iraq. Rapid advances in technology are enabling more and more capability to be placed on smaller airframes, which is spurring a large increase in the number of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) being deployed on the battlefield. The use of SUAS in combat is so new that no formal DoD wide reporting procedures have been established to track SUAS flight hours. As the capabilities grow for all types of UAS, nations continue to subsidize their research and development, leading to further advances and enabling them to perform a multitude of missions. UAS no longer only perform intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions, although this still remains their predominant type. Their roles have expanded to areas including electronic attack, drone strikes, suppression or destruction of enemy air defense, network node or communications relay, combat search and rescue, and derivations of these themes. These UAS range in cost from a few thousand dollars to tens of millions of dollars, with aircraft ranging from less than one pound to over 40,000 pounds.[citation needed]"

    Respectfully,

    Langoolacharya.

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  • Rolf, Dubai

    Mon, Mar 04 2019

    Supplied by your country America.

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  • Langoolachaya., Belman / Washington, DC.

    Mon, Mar 04 2019

    Cynthi,

    Do you want a drone to pluck coconuts, before monkeys pluck them ???...

    ...Tak...Takk...

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