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NEW DELHI: With 26/11 attacks seriously exposing technological disadvantages that our security forces are faced with, the National Security Guards (NSG) is on a modernization spree buying Taser guns and creating super commandoes on the lines of US Navy seals.
The elite commando force has acquired a large number of Taser guns a variant of stun gun that temporarily paralyses a victim from Taser International to avoid killing innocents in an anti-terror operation. Several 26/11 victims almost got killed by security forces' bullets on the night of Mumbai attacks when fleeing victims amid the chaos in Taj Mahal Hotel were mistaken for terrorists.
Sources said, to avoid such a situation, the elite commando force will now use Taser guns on such people unless they are clearly identified as terrorists. The gun works on eletro-shock technology that cuts the link between the brain and motor neurons making muscles temporarily non-functional even as the victim remains conscious. The gun has a range of about 10-11 m.
Apart from this the force is also acquiring self-extinguishing fire suits, state-of-the-art bugs and surveillance equipment, high-range bomb detection gadgets and camera-fitted eyewear.
However, the most ambitious project that the force is pursuing is the creation of what it calls the 'Future Black Cat Commando' or the super commando. Inspired by the US Navy Seals' Abbottabad operation to kill Osama Bin Laden, the project aims to arm its commandoes with gadgets "that make them a walking system" for seamless exchange of information and command with the control room resulting in more effective operations.
The idea, said sources, is to conduct operations much in the same way as US Navy Seals, who had communicated with their command centre in real time, with US President Barack Obama watching the entire operation live.
These commandoes will be armed with gadgets, including multiple cameras, microphones, messaging services etc, which will send live feeds of the situation at the operation site to command centre and receive information and orders on strategy from their commanding officer in real time.
A senior NSG officer said, "Presently, we enter a situation based on inputs given by intelligence agencies or local police. The real scenario is at times found to be different from the input. Thus, the new situation requires a new command in real time, but that is not possible at the moment leading to delay and losses in operations."
The force has already conducted a trial run of the new system successfully during its training programmes and is hoping to make it operational within three years.
NSG emulates US Navy Seals, goes hi-tech - The Times of India
The elite commando force has acquired a large number of Taser guns a variant of stun gun that temporarily paralyses a victim from Taser International to avoid killing innocents in an anti-terror operation. Several 26/11 victims almost got killed by security forces' bullets on the night of Mumbai attacks when fleeing victims amid the chaos in Taj Mahal Hotel were mistaken for terrorists.
Sources said, to avoid such a situation, the elite commando force will now use Taser guns on such people unless they are clearly identified as terrorists. The gun works on eletro-shock technology that cuts the link between the brain and motor neurons making muscles temporarily non-functional even as the victim remains conscious. The gun has a range of about 10-11 m.
Apart from this the force is also acquiring self-extinguishing fire suits, state-of-the-art bugs and surveillance equipment, high-range bomb detection gadgets and camera-fitted eyewear.
However, the most ambitious project that the force is pursuing is the creation of what it calls the 'Future Black Cat Commando' or the super commando. Inspired by the US Navy Seals' Abbottabad operation to kill Osama Bin Laden, the project aims to arm its commandoes with gadgets "that make them a walking system" for seamless exchange of information and command with the control room resulting in more effective operations.
The idea, said sources, is to conduct operations much in the same way as US Navy Seals, who had communicated with their command centre in real time, with US President Barack Obama watching the entire operation live.
These commandoes will be armed with gadgets, including multiple cameras, microphones, messaging services etc, which will send live feeds of the situation at the operation site to command centre and receive information and orders on strategy from their commanding officer in real time.
A senior NSG officer said, "Presently, we enter a situation based on inputs given by intelligence agencies or local police. The real scenario is at times found to be different from the input. Thus, the new situation requires a new command in real time, but that is not possible at the moment leading to delay and losses in operations."
The force has already conducted a trial run of the new system successfully during its training programmes and is hoping to make it operational within three years.
NSG emulates US Navy Seals, goes hi-tech - The Times of India
