The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), apart from the $3 billion purchase of Apache and Chinook helicopters from the US, also cleared an almost Rs.8,000 crore project for extension of the IAF's fully-automated air surveillance and defence network to the entire country .
The IAF has already established five nodes of the IACCS (integrated air command and control system) in the western sector facing Pakistan at Barnala (Punjab), Wadsar (Gujarat), Aya Nagar (Delhi), Jodhpur (Rajasthan) and Ambala (Haryana).
Now, four new major nodes and 10 sub-nodes will come up under Phase-II of the IACCS. By progressive integration of all airborne and ground-based civilian and military radars around the country , the aim is to ensure any intrusion by a hostile aircraft, helicopter, drone or micro-light can be detected and tackled as soon as it takes place.
The IAF has already established five nodes of the IACCS (integrated air command and control system) in the western sector facing Pakistan at Barnala (Punjab), Wadsar (Gujarat), Aya Nagar (Delhi), Jodhpur (Rajasthan) and Ambala (Haryana).
Now, four new major nodes and 10 sub-nodes will come up under Phase-II of the IACCS. By progressive integration of all airborne and ground-based civilian and military radars around the country , the aim is to ensure any intrusion by a hostile aircraft, helicopter, drone or micro-light can be detected and tackled as soon as it takes place.
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