Drones from Pakistan crossing border will be shot down: Lt. Gen.Klare
New Delhi, Sep 26: Amid reports of drones being used to drop weapons from across the border, a top Army commander said Indian armed forces are capable of identifying such devices and any military drone venturing towards Indian side from Pakistan will be "shot down".
Interacting with reporters on the sidelines of the first-of-a-kind seminar on artificial intelligence, at Hisar Military Station, South Western Command chief Lt Gen Alok Singh Klare also said there was "nothing to worry" at the moment.
"At present, the drones that you see being demonstrated at the event here, their capacity for carriage is very low. And, what we are hearing, the reports coming about drone being used across the border, their capacity is (also) very small.
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"So, there is no need to worry," he said when asked about the reports of drones being used across the border.
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Lt
Gen
Klare
said
the
systems
and
radars
of
the
Indian
armed
forces
are
in
place.
"And
any
military
use
of
any
drone,
which
comes
to
our
side
will
be
shot
down
by
the
capabilities
of
the
Indian
Air
Force
and
the
Army,"
he
said.
GPS-fitted drones capable of lifting up to 10 kg flew in from Pakistan seven to eight times to airdrop the cache of arms, ammunition and fake currency seized in Punjab's Tarn Taran district, according to a probe by Punjab Police.
The Punjab Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a terror module of the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), backed by a group based in Pakistan and Germany. It said the terror group was conspiring to unleash a series of strikes in Punjab and adjoining states.
During
investigation,
the
accused
revealed
that
drones
were
used
to
airdrop
arms
and
ammunition,
officials
of
the
Counter-Intelligence
Wing
of
the
Punjab
Police
said.
Hisar
Military
Station
is
home
to
the
33rd
Armoured
Division
of
the
Army.
On the use of AI in Army, Klare said, "From information to intelligence, direct destruction, for all such military capabilities, AI is going to be used".
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"Initially, it will be for constructive use, helping the commander take his decision. Taking an information and converting into intelligence, that is possibly the first usage of AI for Army in a constructive manner," he said.
"But, soon we will have to take into account the disruptive use of artificial intelligence," he said.