Hello, Warriors! Who don’t like kickass action movies with the latest tech and systems exhibited in it? Be it Iron Man or Mission Impossible, we all have had a moment where our jaws just dropped with the thought – “That’s soo cool…”
What if this was in real? Nevertheless, the Indian army is planning to equip its soldiers with the latest tech and systems for combat.
The Indian Army has decided to junk the Future Infantry Soldier As a System (F-INSAS) program in favor of two separate projects. This will make our soldiers the most fiercely equipped soldiers on the planet.
Earlier, F-INSAS had been taken up to equip Indian infantry with advanced weaponry, communication network and instant access to information on the battlefield. This program was similar to the future soldier programs of other nations. F-INSAS included a fully networked all-terrain, all-weather personal-equipment platform, enhanced firepower and mobility for the digitalized battlefield of the future. The weight carried by soldiers were needed to be reduced by at least 50%.
But, the program has been scrapped and the bifurcation has been done keeping in mind the defence budget and convenience.
The new program will have two components: one arming the modern infantry soldier with the best available assault rifle, carbines and personal equipment such as the helmet and bulletproof vests and the second component is the Battlefield Management Systems (BMS).
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The first one being ‘Arming the modern infantry soldier’ under which, our ‘special forces’ commandos will be loaded with the world’s best under-barrel grenade launcher assault rifles, carbines and hand grenades. They will be protected with equipment such as non-flammable, waterproofed, hard ballistic protected and bulletproof helmets, visors and vests. The new attire will enable commandos to carry extra loads and resist the impact of nuclear, radiological, chemical and biological warfare. The uniforms will also be fitted with external and internal oxygen supply, fire-proof knee and elbow pads and hand gloves and laser eye protection goggles.
In the BMS category goes all the communication and optical equipment of a modern soldier which includes palm-top communication equipment and the helmet mounted cameras.
It is something straight out of an action movie. Our commandos will be equipped with Palmtop GPS navigation devices, world’s most advanced satellite phones, Integrated Multifunction Sight Device Night Vision Equipment, Thermal Imager, Laser Range-Finder, Colour Charge-Coupled-Device (CCD) Camera, Digital Magnetic Compass, Integrated Electro-Optical Surveillance and Fire Control Systems and advanced GPS receivers.
The list of sensors our soldiers will be carrying is just mind blowing – infrared sensors, thermal sensors, electro optical sensors, spectroscopic sensors, electromagnetic and radio frequency sensors. What’s even better is that this entire kickass technology is weatherproof and all-terrain tested.
The assault weapon field trials are going on: there are four kinds, Baretta (Italy), Colt (USA), Bren (Czech) and Tavor (Israel). The last has already been chosen for Indian Special Forces.
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The army adopted the program in a way that keeps the infantry soldier less burdened by technology, and more agile to carry out his tasks. That means there is no F-INSAS program any more and it has been overthrown by the new “Future Soldier” program.
The program strongly relies on indigenous DRDO-led development of this technology with massive support from Israel.
Once equipped with tech and advanced weaponry, Indian special forces will be able to operate in virtually any and every sort of battle scenario
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