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India-Pakistan
India to have patrol-free, multi-layer smart fence along Pakistan, Bangladesh borders
2016-12-02
[DAWN] India will have a patrol-free, multi-layered smart fence along its borders with Pakistain and Bangladesh by the second half of 2017, the Press Trust of India news agency reported Wednesday.
Oh my. That's going to make things so much fun on the far side.
According to the news agency, Border Security Force (BSF) Director General (DG) K.K. Sharma said the force is working on implementing a Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) where the security of the two "sensitive and difficult terrain" borders will shift from the regular troops patrolling system to a quick reaction team pattern where guards strike once they notice a blip of infiltration on their surveillance radars.

The Indian home ministry has approved of the project, Sharma added.

"We are making concerted efforts to modernise our border fence. Twenty big companies are currently conducting a technical evaluation for the CIBMS. It is expected that it would be on ground by the second half of next year.

"A few pilot projects are already on ... two in Jammu and one each in Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
and Gujarat
...where rioting seems to be a traditional passtime...
 where we have marshy areas," the DG said.

He also said that the aim of BSF, India's largest border guarding force with about 250,000 personnel in its ranks, is "to modernise itself", thereby minimising human error and inaccuracy as much as possible.

Sharma further said that once the CIBMS becomes operational, aided by laser fence, surveillance radars, satellite imagery and thermal gadgets, the troops on ground will respond when they detect an infiltration bid in the multi-tier security ring, comprising the regular fence as well as laser walls.

He said the force is also looking into gadgets and securing technical support to tackle dangers presented by hidden tunnels running across the Indian borders.

Sharma said the force was in touch with countries like Israel as well as elite Indian technology institutes to procure the right technology.

"We are in the process to plug breaches by technical solutions at both Pakistain and Bangladesh borders," he said.

Posted by:Fred

#5  The UA 571-C Automated Sentry Gun might be a nice add-on.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2016-12-02 15:13  

#4  there's bribery in India?
Posted by: 746   2016-12-02 13:42  

#3  Smart fences aren't susceptible to bribery.
Posted by: Pappy   2016-12-02 12:45  

#2  Out of the billions of starving, unemployed Indians certainly some 'border watchers' could be found more reliable and discerning than limited, unknown technology, that are quicker to install, require less maintenance and are less subject to sensor and programming errors.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-12-02 11:52  

#1  Contracts for Israeli companies by the looks of it.
Posted by: phil_b   2016-12-02 05:08  

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