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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Indian army is to acquire hand-launched, remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicle Raven from which country?
A
China
B
Russia
C
USA
D
Israel
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian army is all set to acquire hand-launched, remote-controlled unmanned vehicle Raven from the United States and the state-of-the-art Israeli Spike Firefly ‘loitering’ ammunition.

Detailed explanation-2: -The DRDO Nishant is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by India’s Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a branch of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Armed Forces.

Detailed explanation-3: -The IAI’s Heron 1, a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV, was inducted by the IAF in 2003. Designed to carry out strategic reconnaissance and surveillance, Israel offered it to India more for the validation and trial phase of the UAV. India was thus the first user of Heron 1.

Detailed explanation-4: -1, 000 unmanned surveillance helicopters. 750 remotely piloted aerial vehicles. 80 mini-remotely piloted aircraft systems. 10 runway-independent remotely piloted aircraft systems.

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