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A new counter-swarm drone system called ‘Bhargavastra’ has been showcased to the army.

It is India’s first indigenous micro-missile system designed to take on the threat of swarm drones.
It was developed by the Economic Explosives Ltd.

It has a dual-layered kill mechanism.
It combines unguided micro-rockets with a lethal radius of 20 metres and precision-guided micro-missiles capable of intercepting targets up to 2.5 kilometres away.
It can detect larger UAVs up to a range of 10 km and 6 km for smaller drones.
It uses a combination of radar, Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) sensors and passive radio-frequency (RF) sensors integrated through a Command, Control, Communication, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) architecture for UAV detection.
It is designed to operate across a diverse set of terrain, ranging from deserts to snow bound high altitude regions over 5,000 metres.
In addition to kinetic strikes using missiles, the system employs soft-kill techniques such as electronic jamming, providing a comprehensive layered defence.
It is capable of neutralising both individual drones and coordinated swarms.
It is particularly effective against swarms of autonomous drones.
The system offers a cheaper alternative to deploying expensive surface-to-air missiles against relatively low-cost drones, improving the cost-exchange ratio in counter-drone operations.