Hawk-eyed team to ensure security at Aero India
BANGALORE: Do you want to have a hair-raising experience with air fighters at Aero India 2011, but worried about your safety at the high-profile event? Don't fret as the Indian Air Force is taking no chances on the security front for the event at Yelahanka from February 9 to 13.
In the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks and small ones in Bangalore, the defence ministry will deploy 400 to 500 personnel armed with automatic weapons, apart from weaponized aircraft and missiles which will be in readiness mode.
COMMANDO TEAMS
Security measures for both air and ground-based emergencies will be in place. Apart from civil police, commando teams will be deployed. Discussions are on to have DSC-CISF commandos, air force commandos and army commandos who will form a three-tier ring on the ground. They will be all over the campus and at vantage points too. They will cover areas from entrance to the runway, exhibition areas and air-display viewing areas. Plans are also afoot to deploy a stand-by para-regiment commando team.
SHOULDER MISSILES
The IAF may also deploy shoulder missiles at key places to tackle air-borne attacks. Weaponized aircraft, radars and other air defence measures are on stand-by too. A top defence official said: "We are prepared to handle terror attacks from any side, including aerial ones. All air defence measures will be in place."
Commandos apart, sniffer dogs, bomb disposal squads and spotters will be deployed. "Spotters will look for unwanted elements. They're like the intelligence. They'll be everywhere but obviously not conspicuous," the official said. A security and administrative control centre will monitor operations in and around the air base.
Read more: Hawk-eyed team to ensure security at Aero India - The Times of India Hawk-eyed team to ensure security at Aero India - The Times of India
BANGALORE: Do you want to have a hair-raising experience with air fighters at Aero India 2011, but worried about your safety at the high-profile event? Don't fret as the Indian Air Force is taking no chances on the security front for the event at Yelahanka from February 9 to 13.
In the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks and small ones in Bangalore, the defence ministry will deploy 400 to 500 personnel armed with automatic weapons, apart from weaponized aircraft and missiles which will be in readiness mode.
COMMANDO TEAMS
Security measures for both air and ground-based emergencies will be in place. Apart from civil police, commando teams will be deployed. Discussions are on to have DSC-CISF commandos, air force commandos and army commandos who will form a three-tier ring on the ground. They will be all over the campus and at vantage points too. They will cover areas from entrance to the runway, exhibition areas and air-display viewing areas. Plans are also afoot to deploy a stand-by para-regiment commando team.
SHOULDER MISSILES
The IAF may also deploy shoulder missiles at key places to tackle air-borne attacks. Weaponized aircraft, radars and other air defence measures are on stand-by too. A top defence official said: "We are prepared to handle terror attacks from any side, including aerial ones. All air defence measures will be in place."
Commandos apart, sniffer dogs, bomb disposal squads and spotters will be deployed. "Spotters will look for unwanted elements. They're like the intelligence. They'll be everywhere but obviously not conspicuous," the official said. A security and administrative control centre will monitor operations in and around the air base.
Read more: Hawk-eyed team to ensure security at Aero India - The Times of India Hawk-eyed team to ensure security at Aero India - The Times of India
