India Demonstrates Offensive Drone Swarm Capability

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For the first time, India has demonstrated an offensive swarm drone system that simulated taking down a range of targets, ranging from tanks, terror camps, helipads and fuel dumps at the annual Army Day parade in the capital.

Swarms of small drones have the potential to overwhelm air defenses, and their low cost means they can be deployed in far greater numbers than existing systems.

At the live demonstration, the Indian military showed off a swarm of 75 drones destroying simulated targets in explosive kamikaze attacks for the first time, forbes.com reports. In the demonstration, scout drones investigated the targets, then mothership drones released explosive-laden kamikaze units that carried out the attacks.

India’s goal is a 1,000-drone swarm. The demonstration is an early peek into future technology being developed by the Army in partnership with the private industry, according to indiatimes.com.