The decision by India’s National Disaster Response Force to use drones to help Nepal map the scale of devastation caused by last month’s earthquake indicates how India has enthusiastically taken to these pilot-less aircraft – the so-called eyes in the sky.
With 22.5 percent of the world’s unmanned aerial vehicle imports between 1985 and 2014, India is the biggest importer of drones, followed by the United Kingdom and France.
UAVs, or drones, are pilotless aerial vehicles used for reconnaissance, surveillance, intelligence gathering and aerial combat missions.