India incursion and Chinese standoff at Dolam, Bhutan

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Figaro

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Not sure if the UAV actually crashed or was shot down
China voices strong opposition over Indian UAV's intrusion
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Editor Huang Panyue
Time 2017-12-07

CHENGDU, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's military Thursday voiced strong dissatisfaction and opposition to the intrusion of an Indian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) into China's airspace.

The Indian UAV intruded into China's airspace and crashed recently, and China's border troops have conducted identification and verification over the vehicle, said Zhang Shuili, deputy head of the combat bureau of the Western Theater Command's joint staff department.

"India's move has infringed upon China's territorial sovereignty, and we are strongly dissatisfied with and opposed to this," Zhang said.

"We will fulfill our mission and responsibility and defend China's national sovereignty and security resolutely," he noted.
 

Hendrik_2000

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Yup the need to install anti UAV as below ASAP
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/chinese-uav-ucav-development.t3526/page-263
Those pesky mini drone is danger to civilian jetliner Now The chinese industry is answering the need to shot those drone. In the future it will have military application as well to neutralized unwanted intrusion and spying
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Anti-drone: Industrial solutions flourish

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To cope with the growing problems of illegal mass-market drone robberies, many Chinese manufacturers have devoted themselves to this very promising new market segment. Anti-drone solutions, mobile or fixed, ranging from "rifles" of jamming to laser cannons ¹ through various means of surveillance, flourish abundantly in China and at least a hundred products are being evaluated by several organizations governmental and local.

A historic supplier of air defense systems such as the HQ-2 , HQ-7 , HQ-8 and the HQ-9 among others, the No. 2 Academy of the Chinese aerospace group CASIC s is also set to develop systems to mitigate the danger of drone.

On the basis of a first Hard-kill system called " Sky Net 1 " (天网 一号), the Chinese missile manufacturer has just proposed an improved version by combining a long-range electronic jammer and a quadrituet launch gun, all accompanied by an optronic turret and mountable on a light utility vehicle pickup type.

The particularity of this new version of Sky Net is its very simplified handling, a single operator is now necessary to control the entire system. During the latest demonstration and evaluation campaign launched by Xia'men City police, the new Sky Net, which has just completed a battery of tests, is the only one among a dozen anti-drone solutions to have managed to catch a drone in flight with a net.

The video broadcast by CASIC on its Weixin account shows that once the "clandestine" drone captured by the net, the whole will be brought back to the ground thanks to a small parachute to avoid the collateral damage caused by the relapse.

Note that the Sky Net 1 anti-drone system has already been chosen and deployed several times to protect the sites during major events, such as the 2010 Asian Games, the 2011 BRICS summit in Sanya, the Beijing Olympics summer of 2014, or the CCTV New Year Gala in Guangzhou in 2016.

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The new version of Sky Net in test
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Looks like it might've been a DJI!

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Photo not yet confirmed, so watch this space.

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Hendrik_2000

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From Indian press. does India has Heron UAV? I check

China was informed about drone that crashed, says India
By IANS | Published: 07th December 2017 11:33 PM |

Last Updated: 07th December 2017 11:33 PM | A+A A- |

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NEW DELHI: India on Thursday said it had informed China about a drone that crashed in Chinese territory, after Beijing claimed the Indian UAV had "intruded" in its area. India will go through diplomatic channels and ask for return of the drone.

Sources said the drone was an Israeli Heron UAV, and it crashed on the Chinese side of the border across north Sikkim. The source said the drone had gone missing earlier this week, but the exact date of the incident was not revealed.

The Defence Ministry in a statement said that the Indian UAV was on a regular training mission inside Indian territory when it lost contact with the ground control due to some technical problem and crossed over the Line of Actual Control in the Sikkim Sector.

"As per standard protocol, the Indian border security personnel immediately alerted their Chinese counterparts to locate the UAV," the statement said.

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The Chinese side got back with the location details of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, the Defence Ministry said.

"The exact cause of the incident is under investigation. The matter is being dealt with in accordance with the established protocol through institutional mechanisms to deal with situations along the India-China border areas," the statement said.
 

Hendrik_2000

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Yup the Israeli sold Heron to India back in 2005

Subject: Defence Industry Daily: Israel sells heron UAVs to India and Australia
tjkhan 11/11/2005 2:37:03 AM
Israel Sells Heron UAVs to India, Australia Posted 11-Nov-2005 03:54 IAI Heron UAVPakistan's Daily Times reports that India is set to purchase some 50 Heron MALE (Medium Altitude, Long Endurance) UAVs from Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) in a deal worth $220 million. They will reportedly be put to use carrying out reconnaissance missions on India's mountainous borders with China and Pakistan. India was said to have been close to sealing the deal in 2004, but it was postponed due to the change in governments in New Delhi. The Heron's performance during the December 2004 tsunami apparently clinched the India deal, and they are not alone in being impressed by the Heron's capabilities. Turkey, Israel, and Australia have also ordered Heron UAVs recently. The Daily Times noted that India already has some 12 Heron drones, and reminds readers that they played a crucial part in search and rescue operations following the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004. IAI Searcher and Heron UAVs were used to locate trapped survivors and missing bodies near the Andaman and Nicobar islands, relaying clear photographs while in flight and allowing immediate response as soon as a survivor or victims were identified on screen via the live feed. The Heron UAV is capable of flying for up to 52 hours at a time at altitudes exceeding 32,000 feet. It has a maximum range of about 3,300 kilometersm and can carry a maximum payload weighing 250 kg/ 550 lbs. It is built to carry multiple payloads at a time for a variety of missions, including electro-optical and thermal surveillance equipment, SAR radars for ground surveillance, maritime patrol radars and sensors, signals and other intelligence collection antennas and equipment, laser designators, and even radio relays. In analyzing the Heron sale, Stratfor notes that: "The purchase will allow India to better protect its long borders and to pave the way for the planned 2007 acquisition of Israeli Phalcon radar -- all while seeking to convince Pakistan that the security balance between the two countries will not shift further in New Delhi's favor. Pakistan, however, is unlikely to be placated, and will endeavor to counter the Indian acquisition.... Despite the negative resonance this deal will have in Islamabad, the Herons will strengthen New Delhi's ability to deny access to jihadists crossing into India from Pakistan by enhancing India's border surveillance capabilities. " The Heron UAV is also popular beyond India. An IAI-EADS derivative named Eagle was selected by the French Air Force to provide strategic and theater reconnaissance, intelligence collection and communications support. It is also expected to operate in the maritime surveillance role. Beyond Europe, DID has covered Turkey's $150 million contract for 30 Heron UAV systems in September, and also noted Israel's supplementary $50 million purchase of Heron UAVs to patrol the Gaza Strip in the wake of its recent pullout. In addition, Ha'aretz Daily's coverage notes that the Australian army recently announced that it would purchase 18 Heron drones from IAI, and that the drones would be put to use in Iraq. With IAI Herons at the high end and Elbit Systems Skylark mini-UAVs for its troops, the Australians will be the best equipped UAV force in Iraq other than the United States. The Pakistani Daily Times newspaper also notes its sources claim that the Indian Army is also making inquiries about the Hunter UAV, a smaller IAI aircraft that is also in service with the US Army. RQ-5A Hunter UAVs have logged substantial flight time in Iraq, and demonstrated their ability to drop small precision munitions like the Viper Strike.
 

Janiz

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lol, that could be if IAI haven't sold the source code for software used there. Because, you know, I remeber when Wiki Leaks broke the news a few years ago - it turned out that IAI sold the source code for those to... Russia! I think that broke the short career of Israeli drone export industry forever and it won't sell anything in the future for anyone considered above '3rd world country'. They gave it to Russians for source codes to Iranian missile sytems that Russians sold to Iran.

and lol at anyone who will buy anything from them in the future! They're simply asking for problems when dealing with them.

And yes, it was about Herons. So I assume that's a small loss for Indian military.
 
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