Photostory: India is better prepared for the age of modern warfare(Bharat Drone)
The country, situated in a region of complex security challenges, has acknowledged the critical role that drones play
 "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.")
1/3pursuing parity to achieving superiority — which must be embedded in deployment planning, budgeting priorities, and operational doctrine.India should promote modular, multi-role UAVs equipped with full mission autonomy and field upgradability, ensuring adaptability to evolving threats and maximizing long-term value for the armed forces
 "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.")
Ensuring adaptability to evolving threats and maximizing long-term value for the armed forces.
Instead of merely matching adversaries, India should focus on outpacing them by inducting higher-capability drones across every echelon of the armed forces. This requires a decisive shift in mindset — from pursuing parity to achieving superiority — which must be embedded in deployment planning, budgeting priorities, and operational doctrine.
 "The armed forces should annually publish a list of subsystems and technologies that are critical to future operations.")
India should focus on outpacing them by inducting higher-capability drones across every echelon of the armed forces. This requires a decisive shift in mindset — from pursuing parity to achieving superiority.
India should promote modular, multi-role UAVs equipped with full mission autonomy and field upgradability, ensuring adaptability to evolving threats and maximizing long-term value for the armed forces
First Published: Aug 27 2025 | 6:50 PM IST
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