Army steps up deployment of AIpowered surveillance systems on borders

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 8/8/2022 12:11:58 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 The army is slowly but steadily cranking up the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered smart surveillance systems to keep tabs on troop movements, build-ups and infrastructure development along the borders with China and Pakistan. There are "already 145 deployments of assets based on such AI-powered systems", which get feeds from satellite imagery, drones, radars, thermal cameras, electro-optical devices, motion detectors and the like. The heterogeneous inputs are collated, interpreted and then disseminated to commanders on the frontlines to ensure “battlefield transparency” and faster decision-making, defence establishment sources said on Saturday. It is simply not possible to physically guard every inch of the long unresolved borders, especially the 3,488-km long Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China stretching from eastern Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh, without such smart surveillance systems. “This focus on technology has considerably reduced the need for manual monitoring,” a source said. Take Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as "South Tibet", for instance. The Army has a very high density of troops and heavy weapon systems deployed in the region, which are now also backed by surveillance and communication hubs, where all inputs converge, to monitor the People’s Lib eration Army (PLA). The force is even using AI-based facial recognition software to identify PLA officers across the LAC. The Army has also deployed “AI-based suspicious vehicle recognition systems” in eight locations in the northern and southern theatres, while a realtime monitoring software is being used to generate intelligence for counter-terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir. Though far behind China in exploitation of cuttingedge `disruptive’ technologies like AI and ML (machine learning), the Indian defence establishment is now finally stepping on the gas to boost situational awareness, combat capability and survivability of its forces through them.

 

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