Developing capabilities to deal with drone threat: Army Chief

Talks are on with China at different levels that has helped build trust between two sides, he says

Army Chief Gen Manoj Naravane on Thursday said that with easy availability of drones, they would be increasingly used in all sorts of combat, both by state and non state actors, and capabilities were being developed to deal with them. On the Ladakh stand-off, he said the situation on the ground had been normal since February and talks were on with China at different levels that had helped build trust between the two sides. His comments came after the Sunday last explosions in the Jammu Air Force station, believed to have been carried out using drones, the first such attack in the country.