According to the original plan, India intends to purchase 30 MQ-9B drones from the United States. The value of the contract is approximately US$3 billion. However, India’s domestic economic problems are serious, and the military simply cannot spend so much money to buy high-end drones such as MQ-9B, so the Indian authorities thought of renting drones. According to people familiar with the matter, the United States and India have signed a contract. The United States will provide India with professional personnel to protect drones. India has the right to formulate drone flight routes and plans, and India will receive drone detection. All information.
In addition, the two drones received by India did not carry weapons, they were only used for reconnaissance missions. Although the United States has stated that the UAV will be controlled by the Indian side, the U.S. still sends operators to India. Although these people are nominally training operators of the Indian army, they are in fact the actual controllers of the UAV. After all, the Indian army’s tradition of crashing planes has continued to this day. If the leased drone is thrown down, the U.S. military is estimated to have a headache.
At around 5 am on December 3, the Pakistani military suddenly dispatched several drones to carry out raids on several important strongholds established by India in the disputed area of Kashmir. The Pakistani army’s raid was very successful. The missile launched by the drone not only destroyed the target of the Indian army, but also the Indian soldiers suffered heavy casualties. After completing the attack mission, the Pakistani military spokesman immediately stated that the raid by its drone was to retaliate for the earlier cross-border attack by the Indian army. Netizens ridiculed that India just prepared to use the Predator drone to pass the addiction, and Pakistan has already begun to dispatch the surveillance drone to carry out raids. The Indian authorities are expected to be very depressed.
It is reported that Modi has asked the White House for help and inquired about a solution to the Palestinian drone, but the US did not reply. Analysts believe that India decided to cooperate with the United States to purchase Predator drones at a high price, while Pakistan chose to cooperate with the mainland to purchase the Pterosaur series drones. Although the performance of the Pterosaur and the Predator is basically the same, the price of the pterosaur is basically the same. But it has a great advantage. Even if India and Pakistan are competing in a war of attrition, India will not have the upper hand. At present, India's Rafale fighters have not formed combat effectiveness. During this period of gap, India and Pakistan are likely to start the "drone confrontation" mode.
