<p>Expeditious framing of a broad-based policy to deal with emerging security threats and futuristic challenges facing the country was a major focus of a meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi held with Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday, people familiar with the development said.</p>.<p>The meeting took place two days after explosives-laden drones were used to carry out an attack on the Jammu Air Force station in the first such instance of suspected Pakistan-based terrorists deploying unmanned aerial vehicles to strike at vital installations.</p>.<p>"The government is coming out with a policy to collectively deal with the emerging challenges. It was decided to expedite the framing of the policy," one of the persons cited above said after the meeting.</p>.<p>Various ministries and departments are working on the policy to effectively counter the new and emerging non-traditional security challenges facing the country.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/assembly-election-2019/pm-modi-amit-shah-rajnath-singh-discuss-futuristic-challenges-in-defence-1002902.html" target="_blank">PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh discuss 'futuristic challenges' in defence</a></strong></p>.<p>The defence ministry and the three services will play a leading role in the formulation of the policy as well as in its implementation by coordinating with all the leading stakeholders and security agencies.</p>.<p>It has also been learnt that the three forces are being told to adequately focus on bridging the gaps in effectively dealing with new-age challenges such as drone attacks and go for the procurement of the necessary hardware to contain those.</p>.<p>The meeting also discussed various other aspects, including equipping the security forces with modern equipment and involving more youngsters, start-ups and the strategic community in the field.</p>.<p>The Army has already been working on incorporating artificial intelligence, cognitive sciences, robotics, drones, quantum computing, nanotechnology and cyber capabilities as part of the efforts to deal with future challenges.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/possible-use-of-weaponised-drones-for-terrorism-calls-for-serious-attention-india-at-un-1002729.html" target="_blank">India calls for attention to use of weaponised drones</a></strong></p>.<p>The people said the three services as well as key national security planners will have a series of meetings in the next few weeks and months to speed up the work on the policy.</p>.<p>They said the services have already been told to focus on acquiring anti-drone technologies to deal with attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles.</p>.<p>Following the Jammu attack, the Indian Air Force has enhanced the security at all its bases located in the border areas.</p>.<p>The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed anti-drone technology to shoot down hostile drones in the range of two to three kilometres.</p>.<p>It is expected to conduct more research on extending the range.</p>.<p>A day after the attack on the Jammu Air Force station, fresh attempts to target the Ratnuchak-Kaluchak military station in Jammu with drones were thwarted by alert soldiers.</p>
<p>Expeditious framing of a broad-based policy to deal with emerging security threats and futuristic challenges facing the country was a major focus of a meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi held with Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday, people familiar with the development said.</p>.<p>The meeting took place two days after explosives-laden drones were used to carry out an attack on the Jammu Air Force station in the first such instance of suspected Pakistan-based terrorists deploying unmanned aerial vehicles to strike at vital installations.</p>.<p>"The government is coming out with a policy to collectively deal with the emerging challenges. It was decided to expedite the framing of the policy," one of the persons cited above said after the meeting.</p>.<p>Various ministries and departments are working on the policy to effectively counter the new and emerging non-traditional security challenges facing the country.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/assembly-election-2019/pm-modi-amit-shah-rajnath-singh-discuss-futuristic-challenges-in-defence-1002902.html" target="_blank">PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh discuss 'futuristic challenges' in defence</a></strong></p>.<p>The defence ministry and the three services will play a leading role in the formulation of the policy as well as in its implementation by coordinating with all the leading stakeholders and security agencies.</p>.<p>It has also been learnt that the three forces are being told to adequately focus on bridging the gaps in effectively dealing with new-age challenges such as drone attacks and go for the procurement of the necessary hardware to contain those.</p>.<p>The meeting also discussed various other aspects, including equipping the security forces with modern equipment and involving more youngsters, start-ups and the strategic community in the field.</p>.<p>The Army has already been working on incorporating artificial intelligence, cognitive sciences, robotics, drones, quantum computing, nanotechnology and cyber capabilities as part of the efforts to deal with future challenges.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/possible-use-of-weaponised-drones-for-terrorism-calls-for-serious-attention-india-at-un-1002729.html" target="_blank">India calls for attention to use of weaponised drones</a></strong></p>.<p>The people said the three services as well as key national security planners will have a series of meetings in the next few weeks and months to speed up the work on the policy.</p>.<p>They said the services have already been told to focus on acquiring anti-drone technologies to deal with attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles.</p>.<p>Following the Jammu attack, the Indian Air Force has enhanced the security at all its bases located in the border areas.</p>.<p>The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed anti-drone technology to shoot down hostile drones in the range of two to three kilometres.</p>.<p>It is expected to conduct more research on extending the range.</p>.<p>A day after the attack on the Jammu Air Force station, fresh attempts to target the Ratnuchak-Kaluchak military station in Jammu with drones were thwarted by alert soldiers.</p>