The nature of warfare has changed over time. However, certain aspects of battle have remained constant for centuries. Namely, the need to maintain effective command and control of troops, as well as the ability to communicate securely. Modern day warfare requires military units to operate as smaller, more agile forces, across widely distributed geographic areas, […]
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The successful launch of India’s fourth navigation satellite, IRNSS-1D, by means of an augmented version of the Indian space workhorse, the four stage Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in March this year, while bringing the country a step closer to realizing the full fledged seven spacecraft IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System) constellation has given […]
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Living In the neighborhood of nuclear weapon equipped supersonic fighters and cruise and ballistic missiles, India’s armed forces needs super agile electronic eyes in the sky with 24X7 seven monitoring capability. India has got long coastline of more than 7,000 kms, more than 14,000 kms of land border and two major island groups for which […]
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Military strategists are unanimous in their view that network centric battlefield philosophy is the future of the warfare. For the defence forces in the thick of the battlefield, Network Centric Warfare (NCW), is a game changer and a force multiplier. In recent years, a range of satellites meant for a variety of end uses have […]
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With the introduction of new generation war technologies, the modern warfare is all about achieving swift victory in which the enemy is inflicted with massive destruction within hours of the battle wave, leaving retaliation capacity of the opponent to a nearly dead end situation. Countries are investing huge sums of money into advanced technologies so […]
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It has become a truism of military operations that static defences tend to induce a sense of complacency and false invincibility among the defenders. Hence a pervasive use of day and night sensors that are intended to expand battlefield awareness at all times. Nonetheless, in the final analysis, everything depends on the presence, efficiency and […]
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A miss is as good as a mile. The Indian Air Force will probe the reasons for the failure of two of its precision guided munitions-the runway busting US-made Paveway air-to-surface missile and the quick-reaction Soviet era OSA-AK (M) anti-aircraft missile-during Operation Iron Fist in Rajasthan in mid-March. The Iron Fist event was intended to […]
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The saturation of multispectral beams and increasing presence of electromagnetic radiations in the modern battlefield can be handy on one hand but it can create massive interference which may lead to absolute failure of command and control systems. This is why militaries around the world are continuously conducting advanced level of research into the technological […]
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The battlefield is becoming digital to counter the enemy movement even in the dead of the night or despite an inclement weather creating hassle for the advancement in most difficult terrine conditions. The war cannot stop even for a moment because a single pause can give enormous advantage to the enemy which will quickly regroup […]
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With the introduction of space-based modern technological platforms, militaries are looking for instant and around-the-clock information superhighways which can lead them to analyze exact nature of threat and fast counter response to neutralize the enemy. In this regard, the principal function of the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) component of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, […]
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