bsf: BSF procures 2 SUV-mounted jammers, 100 drones

The BSF has procured two SUV-mounted jammers, greater than 1,400 hand-held thermal imagers and about 100 drones for surveillance and safety actions alongside necessary Indian frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh, a senior officer mentioned Wednesday. The Border Safety Pressure (BSF) has additionally recognized a complete of 635 “weak patches” all alongside the two,289-km-long worldwide border with Pakistan and alongside West Bengal and Assam (as a part of the India-Bangladesh border) for putting in surveillance methods developed in-house by the drive.

The drive has procured two vehicle-mounted jammers, onboard Mahindra Scorpio autos, for shielding troops in opposition to remotely triggered IEDs throughout their motion in Jammu and Kashmir (from Jammu to Srinagar in convoys), the officer mentioned.

A CRPF bus carrying 39 personnel, aside from one official on highway opening obligation, have been killed when a terrorist rammed an explosive-laden car of their convoy on February 14, 2019 whereas they have been shifting on the Jammu-Srinagar freeway.

The BSF has additionally positioned orders for procuring a complete of 1,424 hand-held thermal imagers (HHTIs) for its border safety items, he mentioned. The gadget is used to detect motion of terrorists alongside the entrance throughout evening time and foggy local weather.
Nearly 100 small and massive drones have been procured by the drive for watching the border areas and “we have now additionally acquired a sanction from the Union house ministry for buy of an equal variety of extra such drones or unmanned aerial autos (UAVs)”, the officer mentioned.

The BSF, raised in 1965, has 193 battalions on floor at current and has an total power of two.65 lakh personnel. It’s primarily deployed for guarding Indian frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh aside from rendering quite a lot of duties within the inside safety area of the nation.