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Manipur Militants Deploy Grenades via Drones, Escalating Threat
✍️ The Economic Times
🗓 07 Aug 2026, 05:36 PM
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Militants in Manipur have reportedly used drones to launch grenades, signalling a dangerous escalation in the region's security situation.
Militants operating in Manipur have reportedly employed drones to deploy grenades, a development that marks a new and alarming escalation in the region’s security dynamics.
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver explosive devices represents a shift in insurgent tactics, potentially increasing the reach and unpredictability of attacks.
Security forces have issued warnings about the heightened risk and are intensifying surveillance and counter‑insurgency measures to mitigate the threat.
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver explosive devices represents a shift in insurgent tactics, potentially increasing the reach and unpredictability of attacks.
Security forces have issued warnings about the heightened risk and are intensifying surveillance and counter‑insurgency measures to mitigate the threat.