Abhishek Mishra’s Article ‘Cheap drones, Costly wars: India can reshape Africa’s new battlefield’ Published in Firstpost
October 20, 2026
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA Dr Abhishek Mishra’s article ‘Cheap drones, Costly wars: India can reshape Africa’s new battlefield’ has been published in Firstpost on 20 October 2026.
Cheap drones are changing the economics of warfare, and Africa’s battlefields are increasingly part of this transformation. This article examines how the proliferation of low-cost drones is reshaping African security and how India can help promote a more responsible model of defence cooperation, writes Dr Mishra.
Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India
