Mission Sudarshan Chakra

Source: HT

Context: On India’s 79th Independence Day, Prime Minister of India announced the launch of Mission Sudarshan Chakra, a multi-layered indigenous defence initiative to protect India’s strategic, civilian, and religious sites from enemy attacks.

About Mission Sudarshan Chakra:

• What it is?

• A national security mission aimed at creating an advanced, multi-layered shield around critical installations across India. Inspired by the mythological Sudarshan Chakra of Lord Krishna, blending cultural ethos with modern strategic defence.

• A national security mission aimed at creating an advanced, multi-layered shield around critical installations across India.

• Inspired by the mythological Sudarshan Chakra of Lord Krishna, blending cultural ethos with modern strategic defence.

• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Defence.

• Objective:

• To develop an indigenous, research-based security system to neutralise threats from air, land, sea, and cyber domains. Ensure self-reliance (Aatmanirbhar Bharat) in critical defence technology. Provide proactive, integrated protection for vital infrastructure, cities, and sacred places.

• To develop an indigenous, research-based security system to neutralise threats from air, land, sea, and cyber domains.

• Ensure self-reliance (Aatmanirbhar Bharat) in critical defence technology.

• Provide proactive, integrated protection for vital infrastructure, cities, and sacred places.

• Features:

• Multi-Layered Defence: Integrates surveillance, interception, and counter-attack capabilities. Comprehensive Coverage: Protects strategic, civilian, and religious sites. Advanced Technology: Combines radar, AI-enabled tracking, cyber defence, and physical security systems. Indigenous Development: Entirely designed, developed, and produced in India. Long-Term Plan: Expansion, modernisation, and strengthening of the system by 2035.

• Multi-Layered Defence: Integrates surveillance, interception, and counter-attack capabilities.

• Comprehensive Coverage: Protects strategic, civilian, and religious sites.

• Advanced Technology: Combines radar, AI-enabled tracking, cyber defence, and physical security systems.

• Indigenous Development: Entirely designed, developed, and produced in India.

• Long-Term Plan: Expansion, modernisation, and strengthening of the system by 2035.

• Significance:

• Strategic Deterrence: Comparable in vision to Israel’s Iron Dome, adapted for India’s diverse threat landscape. National Sovereignty: Reduces dependence on foreign defence systems. Comprehensive Security: Shields against conventional, hybrid, and cyber threats.

• Strategic Deterrence: Comparable in vision to Israel’s Iron Dome, adapted for India’s diverse threat landscape.

• National Sovereignty: Reduces dependence on foreign defence systems.

• Comprehensive Security: Shields against conventional, hybrid, and cyber threats.