New Delhi: In the midst of ongoing tensions with China along the actual control line (LAC), India has increased its supervision in the afternoon and evening in the border area in Arunachal Pradesh using an advanced Israeli drone fleet.
The large number of durable drones Heron made by Israel is to supervise all the time over the LAC in the mountainous field and send important data and images to command and control centers, people are aware of these developments to PTI.
Aviation brigade expansion of the flight wing in the region, the army has come out with independent flight brigades in this region this year to increase the overall operational readiness in sensitive areas, they said.
In addition to planes that were tested remotely, the Army flight wing had also deployed the integrated weapons system variant (WSI) from the Rudra’s advanced light helicopter in the region.
This will add more teeth to the Indian tactical mission in the region, the source said.
They said that even though Drone Heron was first used in the area of about four-five years ago, now the integration of supervision has been significantly enhanced by the concept of ‘sensor to shooters’ to employ military forces that might occur in every operational objective.
The spread of the WSI version of the ALH helicopter has also provided an army as an additional benefit to carry out various missions in high altitude areas.
Asked about the Alh helicopter gun package, they refused to divulge details but said it was the best one and would be very effective against the enemy.
“Overall, our day and night supervision capabilities have seen a massive increase since last year and we are in a much better position to deal with all possibilities in the region,” said one of the people quoted above.
Talking about the ability of the Drone Heron, Major Karthik Garg told Ani, “This is the most beautiful plane as far as the supervisory resources.
From the start, it has become the backbone of supervision.
It can rise to 30,000 feet and continue to feed the commander on the ground .
Thus, we can memanueuver troops on the ground.
It has an endurance of 24-30 hours at a stretch.
“He said that to bad weather, the army has a synthetic aperture radar that can provide the entire trail terrain.
Increasing infrastructure in addition to this, India has also increased infrastructure near the Chinese border to facilitate faster troop movements.
New roads, bridges and railroad infrastructure are being built in Arunachal considering their strategic requirements after developing security dynamics in the region.
Earlier this week, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh led the last breakthrough blast from the Sela tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh.
The tunnel, located on the border between Tawang and West Kameng District Arunachal, passes through the Sela Pass and is expected to reduce the distance to the Chinese border of up to 10 km.
The government also works to connect Tawang with a train network as part of the decision to improve infrastructure in the region.
The people quoted above also said that infrastructure in almost all airfields along the LAC included an advanced landing land (ALGS) was increased according to operational requirements.
The East Ladakh border deadlock between the Indian and Chinese military erupted on May 5 last year after clashing violence in the area of Lake Pangong and both parties gradually increased their placement by rushing on tens of thousands of soldiers and heavy weapons.
Tensions increased after deadly clashes in Galwan Valley on June 15 last year.
As a result of a series of military and diplomatic talks, both parties completed the release process on the north and South Bank of Lake Pangong in February and in the Gographia in August this year.
However, the last round of military talks on October 10 ended in a dead end.
Each side currently has around 50,000 to 60,000 troops along the LAC in the sensitive sector.
(With input from PTI, Ani)
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