GS3 · 10 marks · 150 words

The anonymity and ease of drone operation contribute to the challenges of India's border security. Elaborate and give suggestions to tackle the drone problem in border areas.

Answered by 13 toppers · CSE 2022–2025

Border ManagementOrganised CrimeTerrorismSecurity Forces and AgenciesCyber SecurityIndigenisation and Defence TechnologyNon-state ActorsEmerging Technologies

Syllabus: Security challenges and their management in border areas - linkages of organized crime with terrorism.

How toppers approached it

From 11 of the 14 answers · about 140 words · 64% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • A date or context45%
  • No separate opening45%
  • A definition9%

Body

  • Points55%
  • Points and prose45%

Close

  • A way forward45%
  • A summary27%
  • No separate close18%
  • A quotation9%

The toppers’ answers

RuhaniAIR 5 · CSE 2023 · 71 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening

Drone operations are being used widely by India's enemy countries to deliver drugs from Pakistan into India or for smuggling of different items across the border.

This poses a challenge to India's border security as:-

Body · points and prose

→ Drones are anonymous → They cannot be monitored → Their movement is not captured by radars

Diagram
SUGGESTIONS TO TACKLE DRONE PROBLEMS / | \ Use detectors Shoot any Monitoring to detect suspicious of airspace movement of unmanned on the drones in the aerial borders must air vehicle be enhanced

Close · a summary

Thus, India needs to take the above steps to deal with the growing menace of drones on the borders.

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