An official said that the drones are fitted with GPS so that the consignments are dropped at a pre-decided location from the international border. The dogs will immediately give an alert whenever a drone enters our side of the border, and they will be more useful during the winters when the movement of these flying machines increases in dense fog, he said.The force also uses different sniffer dogs from its K9 unit to trace drugs or explosives dropped by the drones in the field. Confirming the development, Inspector General of BSF (Punjab Frontier), Atul Fulzele, said that dogs have been trained to detect drones as they can hear the humming sound of the UAV. “Since the dogs has undisputed hearing ability to capture sound waves from a distance, they are trained in this regard and introduced to a particular sound generated by drones,” he said. Sources said that from January till date, 175 drones have been shot down by the BSF, while a total of 294 drones were neutralised by the force last year. In 2023, 107 drones were seized.It is learnt that the US and Israel use identical trained dog squad to detect drones. A worrying trend has emerged, as these drones, mostly of Chinese origin are now flying at altitudes of 1,000 meters. This enables them to drop narcotics, arms and ammunition deep inside Indian territory, reaching new locations approximately four to five kilometres from the border.
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