NEW DELHI: Bit via bit, India is operating in opposition to making its nationwide capital less attackable towards army or nine/11-like terror assaults from plane, missiles and drones. The measures beneath way come with getting a brand new missile defend to replace older air defence methods, reconfiguring the VIP "no-fly zone" and refining the protocol to shoot down rogue planes.
Sources say the Defence Acquisition Council, chaired via defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has licensed the "acceptance of necessity" for acquisition of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System-II (NASAMS-II) price round $1 billion from the US.
Simultaneously, as a part of the overall Delhi Area Air Defence Plan, paintings is on to additional realign the "VIP-89 area" over New Delhi, which contains Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament and North and South Blocks, as well as shorten the decision-making loop to shoot down planes that can were hijacked or commandeered to be used as "missiles against strategic targets", say assets.
The NASAMS - armed with 3-dimensional Sentinel radar, quick and medium-range missiles, launchers, fire-distribution centres and command-and-control devices to briefly discover, track and shoot down a couple of airborne threats - is a part of the air defence community guarding Washington. It may be deployed in numerous Nato nations. Besides the US nationwide capital area, Israeli cities and Moscow have missile defence methods.
India's transfer to acquire NASAMS comes at the same time as DRDO is within the final levels of growing its two-tier ballistic missile defence defend.
The missile defend is designed to track and break nuclear missiles each inside (endo) and out of doors (exo) the earth's setting.
"Once Phase I of the BMD system is operational, it will be deployed to protect cities like Delhi and Mumbai from long-range missiles. The NASAMS, in turn, is geared towards intercepting cruise missiles, aircraft and drones," mentioned a source.
The defence ministry, alternatively, has stored the $2 billion procurement of 24 MH-60 "Romeo" helicopters, with their associated guns, spares and training packages, from the US pending until the inaugural "2+2" discussion between the 2 nations right here on September 6.
India wants to "assess the US response" on other issues, including its punitive sanctions regime beneath the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) that seeks to deter nations from purchasing Russian guns or Iranian oil, earlier than granting AoN to the helicopter project as well.
"The AoN for the helicopters, which are used to detect, track and hunt enemy submarines, has been deferred till September. Earlier also, it was not fielded in the DAC after the US abruptly cancelled the 2+2 dialogueslated for July," mentioned a source. Indian assets later explained this was once due to the US's upcoming engagement with North Korea.
The US is transferring in opposition to granting waiver to India from CAATSA however it's not but set in stone. India wants to ink the Rs 39,000-crore deal for 5 top-tier S-400 Triumf air defence missile methods from Russia later this yr without the specter of financial sanctions from the US.
India has earmarked each the proposed procurements- the NASAMS as well as the naval helicopters - for government-to-government contracts via the US overseas army sales (FMS) programme.
The FMS direction is thought of as "faster and cleaner" than the cumbersome international gentle process, with the AoN adopted via "letters of request and acceptance" being negotiated earlier than the inking the overall contract. The US, after all, is keen to bag more offers, having notched army sales price $15 billion to India since 2007.
The Indian Navy, in flip, is determined to acquire multi-role helicopters, armed with radar and sonar as well as missiles, torpedoes and intensity charges, because it has nearly run out of them.
Sources say the Defence Acquisition Council, chaired via defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has licensed the "acceptance of necessity" for acquisition of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System-II (NASAMS-II) price round $1 billion from the US.
Simultaneously, as a part of the overall Delhi Area Air Defence Plan, paintings is on to additional realign the "VIP-89 area" over New Delhi, which contains Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament and North and South Blocks, as well as shorten the decision-making loop to shoot down planes that can were hijacked or commandeered to be used as "missiles against strategic targets", say assets.
The NASAMS - armed with 3-dimensional Sentinel radar, quick and medium-range missiles, launchers, fire-distribution centres and command-and-control devices to briefly discover, track and shoot down a couple of airborne threats - is a part of the air defence community guarding Washington. It may be deployed in numerous Nato nations. Besides the US nationwide capital area, Israeli cities and Moscow have missile defence methods.
India's transfer to acquire NASAMS comes at the same time as DRDO is within the final levels of growing its two-tier ballistic missile defence defend.
The missile defend is designed to track and break nuclear missiles each inside (endo) and out of doors (exo) the earth's setting.
"Once Phase I of the BMD system is operational, it will be deployed to protect cities like Delhi and Mumbai from long-range missiles. The NASAMS, in turn, is geared towards intercepting cruise missiles, aircraft and drones," mentioned a source.
The defence ministry, alternatively, has stored the $2 billion procurement of 24 MH-60 "Romeo" helicopters, with their associated guns, spares and training packages, from the US pending until the inaugural "2+2" discussion between the 2 nations right here on September 6.
India wants to "assess the US response" on other issues, including its punitive sanctions regime beneath the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) that seeks to deter nations from purchasing Russian guns or Iranian oil, earlier than granting AoN to the helicopter project as well.
"The AoN for the helicopters, which are used to detect, track and hunt enemy submarines, has been deferred till September. Earlier also, it was not fielded in the DAC after the US abruptly cancelled the 2+2 dialogueslated for July," mentioned a source. Indian assets later explained this was once due to the US's upcoming engagement with North Korea.
The US is transferring in opposition to granting waiver to India from CAATSA however it's not but set in stone. India wants to ink the Rs 39,000-crore deal for 5 top-tier S-400 Triumf air defence missile methods from Russia later this yr without the specter of financial sanctions from the US.
India has earmarked each the proposed procurements- the NASAMS as well as the naval helicopters - for government-to-government contracts via the US overseas army sales (FMS) programme.
The FMS direction is thought of as "faster and cleaner" than the cumbersome international gentle process, with the AoN adopted via "letters of request and acceptance" being negotiated earlier than the inking the overall contract. The US, after all, is keen to bag more offers, having notched army sales price $15 billion to India since 2007.
The Indian Navy, in flip, is determined to acquire multi-role helicopters, armed with radar and sonar as well as missiles, torpedoes and intensity charges, because it has nearly run out of them.
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