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India asks Israel to snap it up with the radar deliveries
India has asked Israel to speed up supply of a large number of Aerostat Ballons to give it capability to detect incoming attacks on targets upto 500 kms. The two countries have recently concluded an agreement to this effect and now Tel Aviv has been asked to speed up the delivery of the system, which is also capable of providing an in-depth battlefield surveillance as well as track incoming enemy artillery shells, top defence ministry officials said."No, no. Thursday might be too late. Can you overnight 'em Fedex?" As part of measures to further bolster defence against missiles, officials said New Delhi was according top priority to upgrading border radar systems as well as looking keenly at the United States anti-missile system, which is presently in testing stage. Officials said India was evaluating the American system, which was likely to be fielded by 2005-2006, with Washington inviting Indian experts to missile command post exercises in June. Asserting that India had information that Pakistan had deployed its clandestinely acquired Chinese and North Korean missiles, officials said "We have taken Islamabad's threats very seriously and taken counter-measures". I've never heard anything about whether the Indos have bought Patriot systems, or whatever the successor system might be â haven't been tracking the defense industry news. It would certainly seem to be a logical purchase, and it wouldn't make much sense to have the warning system without having something to do on warning other than launch and incinerate. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-06-01 |
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