TNPSC Thervupettagam
May 12 , 2025 17 hrs 0 min 49 0
  • In response to Pakistan Drone attack, India also targeted multiple air defence systems in Pakistan with the latest Israeli HAROPs.
  • HAROPs is a type of unmanned combat aerial vehicle.
  • They cause destruction by crashing into their targets with the explosive payload that they carry.
  • Thus, they earned a name such as “suicide drones” and “kamikaze drones”.
  • They have a combining the characteristics of a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and a missile.
  • The Harop drones are launched from outside the battlefield and can fly up to 200 kilometres.
  • As loitering munitions, they hover above hostile zones, wait for a target, and then dive into it.
  • They can hunt the high-value targets like unmanned surface vessels, command posts, supply depots, tanks, and air defense systems.

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