COLOMBO – A jet-powered target drone, bearing the marking of the Indian manufacturer Anadrone was found by a fisherman off Sri Lanka’s Eastern coast, media reports said.
The drone was found floating 36 kilometres off Trincomalee in the island’s Eastern waters, the fisherman told the local media.
Reportedly the fisherman had found it in the sea near amidst a shoal of fish and brought it ashore. Later he had informed the police, who had said they would inform the Navy.
The words, ‘Shikra’ (target) had written on the wings of the drone, and ‘Anadrone’ on the tail fin.
Similar drones are produced by Anadrone Systems Pvt Ltd, an unmanned vehicle manufacturer, according to its website which also described Anadrone Systems Pvt Ltd as a forward-thinking defence company headquartered in India, specializing in the design, development, and deployment of advanced unmanned aerial systems and defence technologies.
The firm won an order for 100 units of it Shikra high-speed target system from the Indian Navy, the news portal Iadnews.in stated.
The drone found in Sri Lanka had the marking 0032.
Sri Lanka Air Force was quoted as saying that the island had previously also found a target drone and investigations were being conducted on the latest one.
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