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6 May 2015,

India tops list of drone-importing nations

Sameer Patil, National Security, Ethnic Conflict and Terrorism, Gateway House has been quoted in an article on India topping the list of drone importing countries in the world. This article has been published by Business Standard

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A decision by India’s National Disaster Response Force to use drones to help Nepal map the scale of devastation caused by last week’s earthquake—more than 7,000 people have died—indicates how India has enthusiastically taken to these pilotless aircraft.

With 22.5% of the world’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imports, between 1985 and 2014, India ranks first among drone-importing nations, followed by United Kingdom and France. UAVs, or drones as they are commonly known, are pilotless aerial vehicles used for reconnaissance, surveillance, intelligence gathering and aerial combat missions.

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