Jammu (SunstarTV Bureau): The drone saga continue to hover above the sensitive J&K that vigorously puts pressure on India due to security point of view. On friday a drone was shot down around six kilometres inside the Indian border in the Kanachak area of Jammu and Kashmir has been identified as a Hexacopter.
As per the Jammu and Kashmir Police, approximately 5 kilograms of explosives have been recovered from the Hexacopter.
Earlier today, the Jammu and Kashmir Police informed that a drone was shot down in the Kanachak area and explosive material was recovered.
On Wednesday, another suspected drone was spotted in the Satwari area, while earlier on July 16, a drone that was seen flying around the Jammu Air Base was picked up by the radars of the anti-drone system deployed by the National Security Guard (NSG) there.
The NSG had deployed an anti-drone system in the city after a drone attack took place on the Jammu air base last month.
The Air Force had also taken every measures to prevent any such attack in Jammu and other important airbases across the country. It has also taken strict measures to address threats from small drones.
After the Jammu attack, the number of drone sightings has gone up drastically and there have been several instances where the Army and Border Security Forces (BSF) troops at the border have fired at them.
Commenting on the very first of such attack , airforce chief had said “every vital assets are under our radar except of this(Jammu) airbase”. Soon after airforce had deployed DRDO anti drone system in that area .
