India builds a Shahed-type strike drone with 2,000 km range

India has developed a domestically produced loitering munition with a reported range of 2,000 km, comparable in design concept to Iran's Shahed-136 but significantly longer-ranged. The system is intended to provide India with an affordable one-way attack capability targeting high-value fixed assets at strategic depth. The drone's development reflects India's accelerating indigenization of precision strike munitions under the Atmanirbhar Bharat defense production initiative. If confirmed, this range figure would place the system among the longest-range loitering munitions in any arsenal globally.