Pawan Kumar
India to shoot down a Chinese Spy Balloon?
After killing China’s Spy Balloon, America has now refused to give its remains. The Foreign Ministry has also canceled the proposed visit of Minister Antoni Blinken to Beijing next month. China has criticized this harsh decision of America.
Here, an intelligence report of the US Air Force has created a stir in the whole world. In this report of April 2022, information has been given about the Chinese spying balloon. It has been said in the report that even before 2019, a balloon was collecting information by roaming around in many countries of the world.
How did the Chinese Spy Balloon come on the radar?
According to the US Defense Department Pentagon, this 200 feet spy balloon was flying in the sky of Latin American coasts for the 5th time. After getting information from Canada, the US agency came into alert mode and it was shot down in the Atlantic Ocean.
A US Defense Ministry official told the Washington Post that at first it seemed normal, but then information came from Canada, after which it was monitored. Later we shot it down with an F-16 jet. The weight of the balloon is about 2000 pounds.
When did this Spy Balloon come to India?
According to the intelligence report of the US Air Force, in January 2022, this balloon was seen flying near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.
Earlier this balloon was also found flying in the coastal parts of Japan in 2020. This balloon has also been seen in Colombia in February 2023.
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Actually, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are an important base of the Indian Navy. Here the data of bottom depth, salinity, and sea temperature have been collected in water areas. This is important in a fight with a submarine.
What is the preparation to deal with the spy balloon?
Along with the balloon, China also uses the underwater spying sea-wing many times. To monitor this, India has kept an SVL vessel, which does surveillance work within the sea.
Indian Navy currently has 6 CVL ships in its fleet and work is underway on 4 CVL ships, which will soon join the fleet.
Is this enough?
To deal with China’s spying, India will have to do a lot of work at the monitoring level. Let’s know in 3 points…
1. Jammer will have to be used in sensitive areas, so that it is not easy to get information. For this, sensitive areas will also have to be marked on a large scale.
2. An economical jet will have to be arranged to kill the spy balloon, so that any suspicious balloon can be killed.
3. China has also started proxy war in space as part of espionage campaign. In such a situation, India will have to take big steps in the field of space as well.
How does the Spy Balloon work?
This balloon, 120 feet wide and 130 feet long, can fly up to 37 km high in the sky. It is filled with helium gas inside, while a solar panel is mounted on top. Because of this, this balloon keeps flying in the sky for a long time.
Camera, radar, sensors and communication equipment are installed in the spy balloon. It tracks things easily and keeps giving its information to the system. Not only this, this balloon remains very high and it is not easy to shoot it down.
