A decision by India’s National Disaster Response Force to use drones to help Nepal map the scale of devastation caused by last week’s earthquake – more than 7,000 people have died – indicates how India has enthusiastically taken to these pilotless aircraft.
With 22.5% of the world’s unmanned aerial vehicle imports, between 1985 and 2014, India ranks first among drone-importing nations, followed by United Kingdom and France.
India tops list of drone-importing countries
Sameer Patil, National Security, Ethnic Conflict and Terrorism, Gateway House has been quoted in an article on India topping the list of drone importing countries in the world. This was originally published by IndiaSpend.com and republished by Scroll