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| Agencies to redevise security plans for I-Day celebrations due to terror drones | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 23: Although the alert cops of Jammu and Kashmir Police have shot down a Pakistani drone carrying a five-kilogram Improvised Explosive Device IED at Kanachak this morning, fear of terror drone attack, during Independence Day celebrations, looms large due to repeated intrusion of drones from across the border. Highly placed sources said that security agencies have revisited their arrangements for Independence Day function after terror groups have devised new strategy of using drones to accomplish their nefarious designs. Today’s drone was six feet long and the IED was wrapped in polythene, and it seems it was to be assembled and then used by terrorists. It was a Hexacopter with a flight controller and GPS.
Interestingly, the serial number of the flight controller is a digit different from the drone which was found in Kathua, last year. This drone is an assembled one with some parts from China, others from Taiwan.
After June 27, attack on Satwari Air Force Station, in the outskirt of Jammu city, intrusion of terror drones has become a routine affair in the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
Amid repeated intrusion of terror- drones, controlled and manned from across the border, Jammu, and Kashmir has revisited security plans ahead of Independence Day. Tackling these drones is the biggest security the challenge before Jammu and Kashmir police during Independence Day celebrations this year.
After the first of its kind terror attack in the country when two drones were used to drop explosives during the Satwari Airport strike on June 27, intrusion of such unmanned aircraft has become a routine affair in the Jammu region.
Drones were spotted hovering over military installations in Jammu for four consecutive days after June 27 attack. Now intrusion of drones in the border area has become a routine affair.
After the Satwari Air Force Station attack, as many as 20 drone intrusions were recorded in the Jammu region only. Frequent spotting of drones, especially over sensitive installations, has forced the authorities to revisit security arrangements to foil evil designs of anti-national forces. There have been about 20 drone sightings after the attack on the Air Force station.
After recent intrusions, drone jammers have been installed in different locations on the Line of Control (LoC) on a trial basis. Sources said that jammers have been installed in twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri where terrorists are desperately trying to infiltrate.
In an interview with a news-channel Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has assured that security agencies have advanced technology to face such challenges. He has assured all-important installations in Jammu and Kashmir are safe and all such attacks would be repulsed with advanced technology.
"In the recent meeting of Security Grid, incidents of drone attacks were reviewed and discussed. Drones are being spotted for the last year and the BSF has shot down many of them on the borders. Security agencies are fully prepared to meet with drone threats. They are also working on the installation of advanced technology to counter such attacks," LG has assured. |
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