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The nuclear-armed neighbours are now locked in a drones arms race.<br \/>New Delhi will launch a 20 billion Indian rupees ($234 million) programme for three years that will cover manufacture of drones, components, software, counter drone systems, and services, two government and one industry source, who did not want to be named, told Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India will launch a $234 million incentive programme for civil and military drone makers to reduce their reliance on imported components and counter rival Pakistan&#8217;s programme built on support from China and Turkey, three sources told Reuters.India&#8217;s push to build more home-grown drones stems from its assessment of the four-day clash with Pakistan in May [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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