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Indian Defence News: Amid border tension with China, the armed forces are pushing a case for arming their Heron UAVs with laser-guided bombs, precision-guided ammunitions
Amid border tensions with China, the armed forces are pushing a case for arming their Heron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with laser-guided bombs, precision-guided munitions and anti-tank missiles for taking out enemy positions and armoured regiments.
The proposal, named 'Project Cheetah', has been revived by the armed forces after being pending for a long time and is expected to cost the government over Rs 3,500 crore.
"Under this project, around 90 Heron drones of the three services would be upgraded to be armed with laser-guided bombs, air to ground and air-launched anti-tank guided missiles," government sources told ANI.
The case is going to be considered by a high-level defence ministry body including defence seceetary Ajay Kumar, who is now in charge of all capital procurements for the three services. Also Read: Pakistan shells forward areas along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch
In the proposal, the armed forces have suggested that the drones should be equip…