Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become an integral aspect of modern conflict and warfare, employed by both state and non-state actors. Discuss its implications for India's security architecture and state mechanisms being taken to address them. Also suggest other steps to address the threats emanating from UAVs.

dispensable - Benefits - lower-cost, dynamic & adaptable, save human lives Implications for India's security architecture: - Threat on Indo-Pakistan border - delivery of drugs & fake currency by drone - Threat to sensitive sites (nuclear installations, missile sites, govt buildings, dams)

Measures to tackle Threats - Develop a dynamic domestic manufacturing base - for self-reliance & national security - Mandatory registration of all drones with no exemptions as under Drone Regulations - DEWs - Use of laser directed Weapons & e-warfare to ↓ cost of fighting drones - Strict patrolling of border areas - using advanced Radars | Jammers Govt Measures - PLI scheme - Drone Regulations | Policy └ demarcation of areas (Red/Yellow zones) Drone warfare is at the forefront of asymmetric warfare, which can be tackled by PDP in efficient drones & capacity building of armed forces