India has developed an indigenous battle field surveillance radar (BFSR) system that will help check infiltration along the line of control, defence sources said in Jodhpur on Saturday. The BFSR developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Bangalore, is ready for trials to be cleared by the end of this month, sources said.
The BFSR is a portable battery powered short range radar that normally weighs 30 kgs but can be stripped of non-essentials to decrease its weight to 15 kgs allowing a soldier to porter it in difficult terrains like hilly areas of Jammu and Kashmir and deserts of Rajasthan and Gujarat. The system can spot a crawling intruder from 500 metres range and a walking man from two km range and a group of people from five km range.
A string of these radars deployed along the LoC and international border with Pakistan will ensure reduction of infiltration from across the border.
The system can also detect light vehicles from five kms range and heavy vehicles from eight kms range giving early warning against troops movement across the border. A prototype of the BFSR is being currently evaluated, the sources said.
India had to import these radars from France and Israel after the conflict with Pakistan in Kargil, they added. Bureau Report