Eyeing automated firing against enemy missiles, IAF to integrate all radars

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The Indian Air Force (IAF) is all set to integrate all radars —its own, Army’s and civilian — to bring about a system that will entail an automated firing response from ground-based air defence units for shooting down incoming enemy missiles, jets and UAVs.

As a result, an integrated picture of the western front and the boundary with China will emerge. The threat will be processed in milliseconds by a software that will then decide which air defence weapon will be best to counter it.

All air-defence weapons are basically missiles of short and medium range, and sophisticated ones that can hit multiple targets. These can bring down enemy missiles, jets and UAVs.

The nationwide integration of radars is being done as part of a plan to create a centralised control centre under the Integrated Air Command and Control System (IACCS) of the IAF. A secure optic fibre of Air Force Network (AFNet) connects various nodes of the IACCS. Each of the nodes is further connected through optic fibre laid down by the Department of Telecom and the Ministry of Defence.

The IACCS is also capable of using data from space-based platforms, fighter aircraft sensors, video from UAVs, pictures from airborne warning and control systems (AWACS), which will provide an even more accurate picture.

The new centralised control centre will integrate missiles which can be programmed to react automatically to specific threats. “Reaction time to incoming threats is now down to seconds and it’s not possible for a human to do this. Hence the automation,” said a source.

DG Air Operations Air Marshal Surat Singh briefly mentioned about the new system at a seminar on air-defence organised by think-tank Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) on Friday. “All radars are being integrated…a centralised control centre through IAACS is being created,” he said. Director General of CAPS, Air Marshal Anil Chopra (retd), said at the seminar “clarity of the battlefield reduces decision making time and is perhaps the most important thing in next generational warfare”.

Sources told The Tribune that the integration of Army network into the IACCS would be done using the Indian Army’s own air defence control and reporting system (called Akash Teer) manufactured by Bharat Electronics Ltd.

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This automated firing things which is working on software is something very insane

So basically IAF has divided our airspace in many nodes and every node is connected to a central node which is often called WAR ROOM in sci fi movies! this room is actually connected through high speed optic fibre cable + through Satcom

Now each node(like western node) which have authority over its airspace is connected to every radar + with SAM and Missiles system in two way Line of sight communication+Satcom

Now Generally INDIA has deployed its Radars in such a way that Longer range radars are kept quite inside from the border then low level and small range radars are deployed forwardly

So whenever any missiles tries to intrude our airspace by low flying technique so it instantly got picked up by our forwardly deployed low level small range radars like Rajendra or 4D Arudhra MPR and others and instantly within milli seconds it refelcts on screen of Node command!

So its possible that Barak-8 got fired without its radar authorization and Midcourse guidence can be provided by Akash Radar and lastly Barak 8 will pick the incoming missile and will hit it!

DO u guys know missile authorization can be given to western Node from a Node which is responsible for North east ?

Like we can fire a SAM missile from North east or from South! This is the level of net-centric warfare! I mean a Barak 8 at Srinagar AFS can be fired from Southern command.