The Indian Army killed 138 Pakistan Army personnel in 2017 in "tactical operations and retaliatory cross-border firings along the Line of Control (LoC)" in Jammu and Kashmir, government intelligence sources claimed today.
I wish we were also told about the destruction of Pak's artillery/mors which they have deployed along the LoC.
I wonder if you guys are aware of the deployment of our Swathi weapon locating radars (WLR) meant to pinpoint their arty/mor positions and direct own arty fire on them. It was pressed into service along the LoC last year. The WLR has played a major role in suppressing Pak arty fire and destroying their gun positions.
Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat has called the system a success. He stated that It is being used extensively along the LoC by us.
The WLR has been jointly developed by
DRDO's
Bangalore based laboratory,
LRDE and the
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). The sub-systems have been fabricated by BEL based on the DRDO designs and delivered to LRDE for integration.
Performance
- Range:
- >81 mm Mortars: 2–20 km
- >105 mm Guns: 2–30 km
- Unguided Rockets: 4–40 km
- Azimuth Coverage: +/- 45° mean settable bearing
- Slewability: +/- 135° within 30 seconds.
- Targets Tracking: 7 simultaneously (maximum)
- Firing angles: Both High & Low