On September 29, the Indian Army began a five-day drone warfare drill ‘Exercise Vayu Samanvay’ at the Naraingarh Field Firing Ranges near Ambala. The Army’s Western and South-Western Command formations displayed offensive and defensive manoeuvres with drones as part of the exercise.

UAS’ have formed part of every recent conflict from Russia-Ukraine to the 88-hour Operation Sindoor when Pakistan used Chinese and Turkish drones in cross-border strikes. Drones are the dominant force in the nearly four-year-long Russia-Ukraine war.

Military scholars have likened the battlefield impact of armed drones to the arrival of horse-mounted archers and the machine gun. As of 2025, drones accounted for over 60 per cent of equipment damage and significant casualties caused to both sides in Russia and U

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