Lt Col Akshat Upadhyay is Research Fellow, Strategic Technologies Centre at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Click here for detailed profile
UCAVs can impose a major decision dilemma on the adversary and act as a part of a combined arms offensive in the air, in their role as ‘loyal wingman’ for manned fighter jets.
The suggestions being offered to rein in the advancements in AI need to move into the domain of regulation, to ensure that the unwarranted effects of these technologies do not spill over onto the modern battlefield.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Lt Col Akshat Upadhyay’s review of David Hambling’s book ‘Swarm Troopers’ titled ‘‘Swarm Troopers’ by David Hambling: Potential and omnipresence of drones’ has been published in ‘The Tribune’.
The Indian government has rightly given a clarion call for India to be a Chip Maker rather than a Chip Taker. The requirement of semiconductors in India's national security domain has become critical since they form the substrate of every important activity in the country - from the economic to the military domain.
The Pralay surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a range of 150–500 kms can be the focal point of an Integrated Rocket Force and provide critical deterrent capabilities.
Unmanned systems pose grave threat to several countries and their interests due to a number of reasons: low barrier of entry into the procurement sector, commercial availability off the shelf (COTS), ubiquity, persistence and low radar cross section (RCS). Due to this, counter drone systems have been either deployed piecemeal or existing air defence systems have been used to fill the gap. The Indian Armed Forces have a very limited experience of dealing with either drones or counter-drone systems in an operational environment. The Jammu attack using improvised drones was a wake-up call.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Akshat Upadhyay’s article ‘China-US Tussle over Semiconductors: What Does It Imply for India and the World’ has been published in Outlook on 01 November 2022.
The United States has tightened export controls regarding China with an aim to restrict the export of not just semiconductors to China but to also restrict the manufacturing process itself, says Col Upadhyay.
S-70 Okhotnik UCAV Debuts on the Russia–Ukraine Battlefield
UCAVs can impose a major decision dilemma on the adversary and act as a part of a combined arms offensive in the air, in their role as ‘loyal wingman’ for manned fighter jets.