Rather than matching adversaries, India should aim to outpace them by inducting higher-capability drones at every echelon of the armed forces. This shift in mindset — from seeking parity to striving for superiority —must reflect in deployment planning, budgeting, and operational doctrine.

To reduce back-end logistics and training burdens and increase operational flexibility, UAVs should support modular payloads and perform a variety of missions with minimal pilot intervention.

The armed forces should annually publish a list of subsystems and technologies that are critical to future operations.

The country, situated in a region of complex security challenges, has acknowledged the critical role that drones play

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			Rather than matching adversaries, India should aim to outpace them by inducting higher-capability drones at every echelon of the armed forces. This shift in mindset &mdash; from seeking parity to striving for superiority &mdash;must reflect in deployment planning, budgeting, and operational doctrine.</h2>
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			Move from parity to superiority in drone deployment</div>
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			To reduce back-end logistics and training burdens and increase operational flexibility, UAVs should support modular payloads and perform a variety of missions with minimal pilot intervention.</h2>
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			Promote modular, multi-role UAVs with full mission autonomy & field upgradability</div>
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			The armed forces should annually publish a list of subsystems and technologies that are critical to future operations.</h2>
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			Publish and prioritise a list of critical defence technologies</div>
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