BSF adds drone warfare to its training syllabus, commissions innovation centre
TEKANPUR (MP), Sep 21 (PTI): The Border Security Force (BSF) has updated its training curriculum and added drone warfare as a mandatory subject for its troops and officers, apart from commissioning an innovation centre to develop indigenous tools for the new-age warfare post-Operation Sindoor.
The premier Officers’ Training Academy of the about 2.70 lakh-strong force based in this Madhya Pradesh town near Gwalior has also created a drone technology lab for the students of Rustamji Institute of Technology (RJIT), the only higher education institute run by a paramilitary force under the Union home ministry.
The BSF guards India’s over 6,000-km-long front with Pakistan and Bangladesh, apart from operating the home ministry’s air wing for special missions. During Operation Sindoor, the force countered drone attacks, loitering munitions and launched effective firepower against Pakistani positions along the border.
