India to Gear up for 'Star Wars' with Countries like China

[PakSher]

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NEW DELHI: India has no option but to get ready for "star wars" in the future, with countries like China working overtime to develop advanced ASAT (anti-satellite) capabilities with "direct-ascent" missiles, hit-to-kill "kinetic" and directed-energy laser weapons.

The defence ministry's spanking new "Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap" seems to recognize this overriding necessity, outlining as it does a wide array of high-tech offensive and defensive capabilities Indian armed forces will need over the next 15 years.

Identifying priority areas ranging from space warfare, ballistic missile defence (BMD) and combat drones to electronic warfare, NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) defence and submarines equipped with AIP (air-independent propulsion), the roadmap holds that "technological superiority is increasingly going to be the decisive factor in future battles". The 76-page MoD roadmap to "provide the industry with an overview" about military requirements by 2025 does seem ambitious as of now, given the present poor state of the country's defence-industrial production base.

Nevertheless, it gives significant insight into what India plans to acquire in terms of futuristic military capabilities. The roadmap, after all, draws heavily from classified as well as unclassified parts of Army, IAF and Navy doctrines, the still-evolving long-term integrated perspective plan (2012-2027) and DRDO's S&T roadmap, among others. While India is already working in some of these sectors, the roadmap underlines the need to get cracking in the others as well. Ever since China shocked the world with an ASAT weapon test to destroy a satellite in January 2007, alarm bells have been clanging in the Indian defence establishment.

The MoD roadmap, on its part, identifies development of ASAT weapons "for electronic or physical destruction of satellites in both LEO (2,000-km altitude above earth's surface) and the higher GEO-synchronous orbits" as a thrust area.

Apart from "EMP (electromagnetic pulse) hardening" of satellite and sensors to protect them against ASAT weapons, it says armed forces want to induct satellite systems for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in a major way. The uses range from synthetic aperture radar all-weather imagery and precision targeting to automatic target recognition technology and high-speed communication.

Army's need for "directed energy weapons (DEWs)" is also spelled out in the roadmap. These include mobile air defence to engage enemy rockets, missiles, fighters and helicopters, as also DEWs to neutralize UAVs at a distance of 8-10 km. Moreover, precision weapons and dazzlers are needed for swift counter-terrorist operations with minimum collateral damage.

Another thrust area is UAVs, especially armed ones like the American Predator and Reaper drones equipped with Hellfire missiles. "UAVs with advanced sensors and weapons are going to dominate all facets of the future battlefield,"
it says.

India to gear up for 'star wars' - India - The Times of India

[ao333]

Indians talking about 2025.

Tejas style!

[IndianArmy]

India.

Yes, Laugh It out..... India Dosent get dejected On a few laughters...

[PakSher]

India is jealous of the Chinese economy and military power and will do everything to counter China forgetting the 340 million Indians that live below the poverty line and the thousands of slums in India.

[gowthamraj]

What it have to do with china defence. .

[PakSher]

India building Star Wars to defeat all Chinese Defences is directly related to China's Defence. Wake up dude.

[IndianArmy]

India is jealous of the Chinese economy and military power and will do everything to counter China forgetting the 340 million Indians that live below the poverty line and the thousands of slums in India.

My dear, Unlike pakistan which transfers funds from the budget allocated , India Has a systematic Budget program, So Anything which Comes under the Budget Is spent for that need.... And You cannot allocate everything On removing slum.... Because We want to have a systematic Growth, we dont want to be a Poverty less Country Overnight....

Instead Of spending On poverty, Our Govt has Put "Right To Education Act" Which In turn will reduce Poverty.... and raise Literacy Level....

Now Tell Me Is India Un Wise?

And To China, We are not Jealous Of them, But Admire the Growth And Growing Potential In them. And Its true that We would Do anything to Overtake them. But that is not what You call Jealousy, But Its called Aspiration. And India is Working For It....

[contender]

Not again, another Indian version "Star War"?, i thought its been discussed in the previous one, come on, you are not US.

[PakSher]

Building products and the economy is positive for India but why India wants to build Star Wars against China? Is that aspiration? Aspiration to defeat China militarily? I do not see a civilian or an economic use of Indian aspiration to take battle to the sky.

India is already working on Agni 5 which has a 5000 km range for China, so why the star war aspiration?

[yashchauhan]

India is jealous of the Chinese economy and military power and will do everything to counter China forgetting the 340 million Indians that live below the poverty line and the thousands of slums in India.

its not jealousy its competition and innovation....!

[yashchauhan]

Building products and the economy is positive for India but why India wants to build Star Wars against China? Is that aspiration? Aspiration to defeat China militarily? I do not see a civilian or an economic use of Indian aspiration to take battle to the sky.

India is already working on Agni 5 which has a 5000 km range for China, so why the star war aspiration?

then why china developed anti satellite weapon......wake up....its a different world...the world of competition and cutting edge...you can't sit idle....!

[IndianArmy]

Building products and the economy is positive for India but why India wants to build Star Wars against China? Is that aspiration? Aspiration to defeat China militarily? I do not see a civilian or an economic use of Indian aspiration to take battle to the sky.

India is already working on Agni 5 which has a 5000 km range for China, so why the star war aspiration?

As I have been saying "Star War" Is Just a Media Quoted Name For the Package India is developing, yes India Is developing future warfare Systems. If India is developing 5000 Km range Missile, I dont think thats the End of Growth or Growing Potential In Us, We have No Dead Line, We are Not Intending to have one Either.... So Why do You think its bad?

[IndianArmy]

Not again, another Indian version "Star War"?, i thought its been discussed in the previous one, come on, you are not US.

Only US can do everything? Has god Only given them Brains? Or Has God given the User Guide only to them?

USA is Not The End Of Innovation..... Understand that...

[PakSher]

USA is still the leader in innovation.

[IndianArmy]

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USA is still the leader in innovation.

And that dosent Put Rest of the World in the list of "Good for nothing" ... Leader of Innovation, But others are coming Up as well, We are in the 21st century