Robots Will Now Be Helping The Indian Army Fight Terror In Kashmir news18.com
From helping in cordon-and-search ops, negotiating obstacles to lobbing grenades at terrorists holed up in buildings, the Indian Army will soon have robots to help it in counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir. The Ministry of Defence has started the process of procuring around 550 robotics surveillance units with a minimum of 25 years of service life for counter-insurgency ops in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said on Wednesday.
A senior Indian Army officer told IANS that these robots should be capable of climbing stairs and negotiating obstacles apart from throwing grenades at terrorists in built-up areas. “These robots should be capable enough for water fording with minimum 20-cm depth,” the officer said. During cordon-and-search-operations in the Valley, these robots will be the first line of defense, thus helping prevent casualties. “This would avoid casualty to our own troops during initial breach by terrorists,” the officer said.
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