This is marvelous. This demonstration of swarm technology wherein 75 drones each carrying 2 drones each have taken things to a whole new level.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/de...leshow/80281556.cms?__twitter_impression=true
So many pseudo intellectuals were crying out loud about the urgent need of adopting such disruptive tech of micro and mini drones and ucav on a massive scale by the Army. The Army has taken cognizance of the massive advances in DIY mini and micro drones and the use of cheap expendable drones to wreak havoc on the battlefield. Now we can attack non line of sight targets . Program a mother drone to carry half a dozen grenades ,fly for a few kms and drop them on a group of soldiers out in the open . Tanks and artillery emplacements are easy targets as shown today.
IS used commercially available drones and used them to drop DIY 2-3 pound explosives on Iraqi tanks including Abrams. Even if they don't cause much damage, it's a massive psychological attack on the morale of enemy troops. They will be trembling with fear and will think a 1000 times before going out in the open. Patrolling will become difficult. And it will force the bankrupt Pakistanis to allocate a sizable portion of their meagre deg budget to come up with anti drone systems.
There is also another project to upgrade our MALE fleet. Herons will be modded to carry spikes ,indigenous ATGM, and standoff pgm like smart anti airfield weapon .