LeT, Khalistani Outfits Procure Paragliders; Security Agencies Flag Widening Aerial Threat

• Lashkar-e-Taiba and Khalistani extremist groups have acquired paragliders, expanding the aerial threat beyond drones.
• A new report highlights the evolving risk from various aerial platforms, including drones, RPVs, paragliders, and hang-gliders.
• The threat is particularly significant along the Indo-Pak border, with increased drone activity, especially at night.
• Paragliders are a concern due to their low cost, low altitude capabilities, and ability to bypass conventional security systems, as seen with Hamas in Israel.
• Security forces are conducting operations in the Jammu region and have spotted drone-like objects along the LoC and IB in Jammu and Kashmir.

Why It Matters: Terrorist groups are using paragliders, posing a new, low-altitude aerial threat to India's security.