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After drone spotted over PM's residence, attention on counter-drone systems

Grene Robotics has built an entire counter-drone system called Indrajaal. The company claims that Indrajaal can detect, identify, track, target, and destroy a hostile drone system

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Ajai Shukla

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With drones increasingly found to be violating high-security areas, the discovery of one over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence on Monday morning has set the alarm bells ringing.

Executives from companies that are developing counter-drone security systems say the security breach could have been avoided had the PM’s residence – designated a No Fly Zone – deployed a capable system for drone detection.

“As a growing nation, we have been noticing increasing drone attacks, and the drone over PM Modi’s residence is a wake-up call. Today, the risk of not having the right drone security is much higher than anyone

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