Dude, they already have much much sophisticated assets in space. They seriously don't need $600 DJI drones for that. Unless this particular one is carrying LIDAR / FLIR / MESA or some other marginally useful sensor, what sense does ISPR make of it? Maybe they like to tweet for the sake of tweeting. ISPR purpose isn't to handout press-releases on a daily basis, or are they competing with the likes of ARY/BOL/GEO etc etc?
why use a quadcopter instead of a proper UAV:
1. cheap in price
2. small in size
3. cheap to operate
4. easy to handle by a sepoy even.
5. doesnt need permission by higher ups to operate unlike a UAV
6. Portrays a toy (not a weapon), also shows misunderstanding/mishandling (portrays innocent mistake) operated by operator (portrays kid/hobbyist).
7. Lastly, to make PA look weird by displaying a quadcopter operated by IA or BSF, if it gets shot down.
8. No real insult to IA/BSF if it gets shot down.
9. Send a cheap copter instead of sending in a recon team or daring to stick out heads in the open to view PA positions or mark them or view activity.
This quadcopter has short range and short flight time.
Would BSF allow a kid/hobbyist to come close to their bunkers and stand within few hundred meters of LOC and start flying a quadcopter? Ofcourse they wouldnt, LOC is not a leisure, vacation and entertainment spot.
Secondly, mostly on IB and LOC, PA has made posts directly opposite Indian posts. So with a small range, this quadcopter can only emerge from or nearbv an Indian post/Bunker. No civilian would be allowed near an Indian post/bunker to fly a quadcopter. PA shot it as soon as it crossed LOC as the PA post was in vicinity of the Indian post.
why didnt BSF/IA shoot at it thinking it was a Pakistani quadcopter flying directly on LOC ? Ofcourse BSF/IA could have shot it too but because they knew that its indian and flying there for a purpose.