India Needs Smart Frontiers: An Assessment

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Title

India Needs Smart Frontiers: An Assessment

Subject

Border management
India
South Asia

Description

In the era of Fourth Industrial Revolution, technology has transformed the ways of doing any business, including warfare. Thehuman element is slowly giving way to machines who would perform major functions including substituting and supplementing rankand file in the Military. Over 22,500 km of India’s frontiers are guarded by various Border Guarding Forces including the CoastGuards to prevent surprise incursions by the adversaries’ State, State-sponsored or Non- State Actors. The Border Guarding Forces act as eyes and ears of the frontiers and can take on basic defensive actions for which colossal manpower is used. For a Military threat, Regular Forces take over the responsibility for the Defense of the Nation. There is a case for optimizing manpower and increasing efficiency by bringing smart systems in delivering constant situational awareness and response solutions. This would also ensure that all stakeholders are networked in real-time. A combination of sensors, electronic and digital platforms, Data and Communication centers, using Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial means, would build a ‘system of systems for Common Operational Picture at Strategic, Operational and Tactical levels. Data/intelligence analysis and automation would be possible if such systems are ubiquitous and part of the overall National security apparatus. The smart frontiers would soon be an inescapable necessity for the Defense of the nation.

Creator

Pannu, P. J. S.

Source

CLAWS Journal; Vol. 14 No. 2 (2021): Winter 2021; 95-107
2319-5177

Publisher

Centre For Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India

Date

2021-12-31

Rights

Copyright (c) 2021 Centre For Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India
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Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article

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Collection

Citation

P Pannu. J. S., India Needs Smart Frontiers: An Assessment, Centre For Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India, 2021, accessed November 21, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/89

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