Unmanned Aircraft to Survey Naxal Hideouts

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will soon be pressed into service to detect naxal hideouts in dense forests and hilly terrains and monitor the movement of ultras to help ground forces carry out precision attacks.

The UAVs, with in-built cameras, well-equipped data and video links, will gather, record and share information with security forces engaged in anti-naxal operations, especially in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Maharashtra and West Bengal.

The trials of the UAVs, developed by the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), were recently conducted at Hissar and Delhi while more trials will soon be conducted in jungles of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.

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