Drone Tuesday by 360PSA - Week 11
- Manan Batra
- Jul 1
- 2 min read
What you saw in the video were Ukrainian drones attacking Russian bomber planes. The magnitude of destruction is a testament that the threat from the sky is significant.
It's week 11 of Drone Tuesday at 360PSA, where we discuss the implications of drones on the private security industry.
While the Russia-Ukraine conflict has seen extensive use of drones, we are no strangers to it. What unfolded in the aftermath of the cowardly Pahalgam terrorist attacks has drone warfare written all over it.
You might wonder, what does a private security agency have to do with drone warfare?
If you are asking this question, then you are asking the wrong question.
You should be asking what is it that a private security agency can do about drone warfare?
I will share with you two recent developments.
1) The Indian Army has issued an RFI (request for information) for ground-based counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) to counter drone threats.
It must weigh under 9 kg, work non-stop for 5 hours, and detect drone radio frequencies up to 5 km away — all while identifying threats in real time. Enemy drones must show up in red while friendly drones must show up in blue. The assembly and disassembly times should be less than 30 minutes. The emphasis is on mobility, speed, and flexibility.
Feel free to reach out to me for the exact technical details.
2) UP Police have deployed anti-drone systems at the Taj Mahal after extensive trial runs.
Police said the system has a range of eight kilometres and will 'soft kill' any threat once it comes within 500 metres of the monument. Apparently, this C-UAS not only neutralizes rogue/enemy drones, but also tells you where it is being operated from.
So what is the implication for the private security industry, you might ask?
Wrong question to ask again.
The implication is that drone warfare is fast-moving from drones to counter-drone systems. And this back and forth will continue: As drone tech evolves, counter drone tech will evolve, and then drones will evolve further, and so on.
Private security agencies will have to upskill themselves in this technology if they want to be true security providers. And keep doing so every time the technology changes.
SO many private security agencies offer event security as a service.
Now, imagine you are securing a BIG concert, and rogue drones fly in.
Will you be able to mitigate that threat? Do you have the requisite C-UAS? Or even the know-how?
Today, I am asking these questions to you; tomorrow, it will be your end client.
And I have not even touched industrial security use cases yet. That's a different beast altogether.
The threat landscape is evolving right in front of us, and we as private security professionals will have to evolve too.
Let's do it before it is too late.
Want to know how?
This is the right question to ask.
Get in touch.
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