India's Agniveg Drone Marks A New Era As IAF Bets Big On Indigenous Kamikaze Drone Warfare

India is preparing for the wars of tomorrow. Inspired by lessons from Ukraine, Russia, Iran's Shahed drone campaign and Operation Sindoor, India is rapidly expanding its indigenous drone arsenal. The Indian Army has already inducted Agniveg, a high-speed precision-strike loitering munition capable of hitting targets 180 kilometres away with remarkable accuracy. Now, the Indian Air Force has launched a new indigenous long-range kamikaze drone project that will be built entirely in India without Chinese components. This report explores Agniveg's capabilities, the IAF's ambitious drone programme, India's growing drone exports, and how a World War II tactic is being reinvented for 21st-century warfare.