DRDO and the Indian Air Force carried out the maiden flight-trial of the Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation (TARA) weapon off Odisha’s coast, as the Defence Ministry said. The indigenous glide system is designed to enhance low-cost unguided warheads by converting them into precision-guided weapons, aiming to extend reach with improved accuracy.
Hezbollah is deploying inexpensive fibre-optic drones in southern Lebanon, using a hard-to-detect approach against Israeli forces. Israel has acknowledged casualties linked to these attacks, signaling a strategic pivot by Hezbollah toward cheaper, more elusive technology. In response, Israel is bolstering defenses and reviewing drone-related lessons from the Ukraine war to counter the evolving threat.
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