If information received from a captured
Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist is correct then India could
be facing one of the most lethal terrorist threats
yet.

The terrorist group now reportedly has a sizeable
arsenal of small remote controlled planes, which can
drop improvised explosive devices.

These aircraft are being assembled in a factory at the
Laskhar headquarters in Muridke near Lahore. The plant
is managed by two Pakistanis, who were trained in
Japan.

Each aircraft is 2 to 3 feet long, fitted with a small
remote controlled engine and can carry 10 to 15
kilograms of explosives.

According to the captured militant, the Lashkar has 50
to 60 such aircraft ready in the factory.

Thriving activity

Though the LeT has been banned internationally, it
continues to thrive because of a blind eye turned by
Pakistan to its activities.

The LeT, which has a close relationship with the
Taliban and Osama Bin Laden, is now running two camps
in PoK to train Arab nationals in terrorist
activities.

One is at Devlian town located on the
Muzafarabad-Athmuqam road and the other is at Badhali
near Gulpur on Kotli-Sehensa road.

But of immediate concern to India will be the new
threat from remote controlled planes. The security
forces will now have to verify the authenticity of
what the captured terrorist has said together with
finding a way to counter the threat.