now let's talk about drones they're revolutionizing modern day Warfare they're changing the way Wars are fought which means we need technology to take them down one such piece of equipment is an anti-drone gun it disrupts the signal between the Drone and the operator making the weapon useless the world does have such guns but most of them are big and unwieldy so India is offering an alternative India has unveiled a new gun called The vajra Shot it weighs just about 3 and half kg it has a bigger range than most anti-drone guns and it's a Made
in India defense solution more importantly it's not our only one India's defense exports have shot up to $2.6 billion this year so who are are the top buyers and what does this trend mean for India our next report tells you the this is the vadra shot it's a handheld anti-drone gun it weighs just 3 and 1/2 kg and it's also portable it has a simple LED display with a battery that lasts for 9 hours so what does this gun do well the vdger shot can detect drone signals and then it can jam them that way
communication between the Drone and its operators is disrupted it has a range of around 4 k km but what's even more crucial is that the gun can adapt its output frequency that way it can neutralize a wide range of drones the gun was designed by the Chennai based Big Bang Boom Solutions it's been deployed for the Indian army and Air Force it's already received orders of up to $25 million that's around $210 CR rupees now this isn't the first such anti-drone gun the United States has its drone Defender and Ron's coyote UAV Russia has a
similar handheld system the Rex one system but both of these systems are bulkier they offer soldiers less flexibility in the battlefield which makes the vot unique and guns like the vot have become crucial especially in modern day Warfare drones have changed the ways Wars are being fought we've SE seen that in Ukraine between 2018 and 2023 States using drones have risen from 16 to 40 that's a 150% increase that means that there's a need for anti-drone systems like the vure shot plus it's a Made in India defense solution in 2023 India crossed some milestones in
defense production It produced military equipment worth $15 billion and it's not just the public sector the the private sector is playing a big role too the Indian government has issued over 600 licenses to more than 350 companies there are your big players like the Tata group and the Barat Forge but there are also startups 329 of them are engaged in defense production Made in India defense items are also finding takers across the globe India's defense exports currently stand at $2.6 billion that's around 2 1,83 CR rupees India is shipping weapons to around a 100 countries
the top buyer is Armenia yavan buys finished weapon systems like the Akash air defense missile systems and the pinaka multi-launch rocket systems the other two top buyers are the United States and France both countries import a lot of software subsystems and components there's also interest for India's Bros missiles New Delhi has already exported them to the Philippines India is also in advanced discussions with Indonesia and Thailand for the same other Assan Nations and Gulf countries are also interested so there is demand for made India weapons traditionally India has always been a defense importer New Delhi
Still Remains the world's largest arms importer it accounts for 9.8% of the total Global arms Imports but in investing in weapons like the VRA shot shows that India is changing its defense strategy by becoming self-reliant and exporting to the world first post decodes the US election explains how America chooses its [Music] president your primer on the race to the White House everything you need to know about how America V and its Global implications us election explained every Monday and Thursday only on first post
