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Use of AWACS
The easy manner in
which Indian land frontiers have been breached in recent times by
terrorists bent on inflicting damage on military targets in the
hinterland begs a case for upgrading aerial component in both the
daylight and night-time surveillance, reconnaissance and Intelligence
gathering. That there is dire need to upgrade all aspects of situational awareness is indicated by the delay in discovering air accidents that have occurred in the past involving VVIPs and disappearances of aircraft at sea. Cumulatively they underscore wide-open gaps in both terrestrial and aerial surveil |
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