Army officer, soldier develop hybrid anti-drone system on Russian air defence platform to tackle swarm attacks

New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): To cope with the swarm drone attacks, an Indian Army officer and a jawan have developed an integrated anti-drone system that includes an indigenous jammer integrated with an upgraded Russian-origin Schilka Weapon System.
Army Air Defence officer Major Nagaraj SY and his fellow soldier Mohammed Firoze Khan have developed this system for the Army.
"In today's Russia-Ukraine conflict, we have seen that there is a lot of threat to mechanized operations through stealth drones. Worldwide research says that the best way to eliminate swarm drone attacks is a hybrid anti-drone system that has both kinetic and non-kinetic system," Major Nagaraj SY said.
"It took us approximately 8-10 months to make it. Its deployment has started in our western sector," he added.
The hybrid anti-drone system includes an indigenous jammer integrated with an upgraded Russian-origin Schilka Weapon System. The system can be used effectively against swarm drone attacks.
The Schilka Weapon System can track any incoming drone from a far distance, which can be taken out using both kinetic and non-kinetic system.
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