With a view to make the Indian air space
impregnable along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, the
Indian Air Force (IAF) is going to deploy portable mountain radars in
the Ladakh region.
A file photo of AN-32 landing at Nyoma ALG
According to
sources, the deployment of the radars was mooted after several incidents
of Chinese helicopters entering the Indian air space undetected.
However, the force got an order to go slow on it owing to the visit of
Chinese Defence Minister General Liang Guanglie as New Delhi did not
want to give any wrong signals to its neighbour in the East. As the
visit completed successfully, the deployment has gained a new momentum.
“Survey
of the mountain tops where the light weight low-level mountain radars
will be placed has been completed. And the radars have been taken to the
places of deployment and tested,” said an official. Sources pointed out
that the IAF’s mountaineering team had recently climbed few virgin
peaks in the region with an aim to conduct the survey. Initially the
radars are being deployed at Nyoma, Chushul and Fukche.
The
treacherous mountainous terrain in the reason has been the main reason
for the defeat that the defeat Indian Army had to face at the hands of
the Chinese Army during the Indo-Chinese war, fought 50 years ago.
Developed
by the Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, the radars are
capable of spotting a low flying helicopters and also any movement on
the terra firma. In 2011, the IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne
had admitted that lack of mountain radars was hampering the detection of
any aerial movement in the region. In the August 25, 2011 incident a
Chinese helicopter transgressed the Indian air space and the machine was
only spotted by the ground troops of Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
The
IAF has been focusing on the high-altitude areas near the LAC
especially in Ladakh region owing to a spurt in the number of
transgression by the Chinese troops. Recently, the IAF conducted air
drops of paratroopers in high-altitude areas in Nyoma, just 23 km from
the border. The heavy-lift Ilyushin Il-76 carried out “static line
paradrop” on August 29.
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