India's pride- The A50 Phalcon AWACS

India before independence was a nation where people had very narrow view about the happenings in the world around them. This was basically because there was no proper mode of communication as India was industrially and technologically backward, though there were certain developments done by the British. But since independence India has certainly placed itself well in the global arena out of nowhere.Wether its industrial or technological advancement, it is certainly worth seeing on India's point of view.And all these have taken place in an exponential rate especially in last 10 to 15 years which has made India the 2nd largest growing economy in  the world.

                                       India is a large country with long borders with its neighboring countries. And not only long but also conflicting borders. Its hostile neighbors have certainly made India to develop its military power well enough in order to tackle any aggression from them. And today India is one also one of the most powerful nations as far as military and nuclear might is concerned and also one of largest in military budget. And to add to it was the acquisition of the airborne radar systems AWACS from a deal with Israel in 2009 worth $ 1.1 billion which has certainly enhanced our air combat missions to a large extent.

                                     Airborne warning and control systems or AWACS is basically an airborne radar system which uses basic radar technology for its operation. Radar stands for radio detection and ranging which uses radio signals for communication used for detection of unknown objects in sky or sea. And these AWACS system are used for long range detection of objects flying at extreme heights of somewhat 30000 feet high within a radius of more than 500 kms having a scan area coverage of 0.3 million sq.km which is as large as the state of Rajasthan. This means that if these systems are placed in Delhi it can instantly detect a plane entering into India's air border 

from Pakistan or China. In brief this can be explained as the short radio pulses that are used in this technology which have high frequency and penetration power for which they are less attenuated in the medium they travel and also do not get reflected back by atmosphere layers unlike other EM waves for which they can track objects at a distant place and flying at extreme altitudes. Also because of use of short pulses the objects can be detected more accurately than other radar systems as they do not get deviated from there straight path like a continuous radio signal does. These systems not only can detect the enemy aircrafts but also can communicate well with the friendly aircrafts and give them added stealth by informing them about the obstacles in their path and at what altitudes they are flying as well as help them to land safely on the runway despite of extreme weather conditions like rainy, foggy or cloudy conditions.

                        This was all about the technology used in brief. Now coming to the A50 Phalcon AWACS which 

India now posses, well this has certainly revolutionized our air military to a great extent. India got its first system of this kind from deal with Israel in 2009 with two other units to be delivered in 2011 which is worth $ 1.1 billion.

This system is placed on the Russian Ilyushin 76 aircraft in Agra. This system has some unique features like it can simultaneously detect 250 flying objects within a radius of 800 kms and also has the 'look down capability'

to monitor movements in sea or ground basically by the use of global positioning systems or GPS and sateliite imaging systems and thus not only can help in air combats but also to the army and the navy by informing them about the positions and locations of enemy hideouts and bunkers.

                                       We being Indians are certainly proud that we posses these kind of ultra modern technology which is certainly a boom to our military might.

                                                                  

                                                                    Jai    Hind !!!!!