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Friday, March 20, 2009

India acquires high-tech Israeli spy satellite

1,780-kg Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT)India has acquired a high-tech Israeli satellite that boasts of day and night viewing capability. It can keep a watch over India s hostile neighbours even when the landmass is covered by thick clouds.

This capability puts the satellite in the class of what are often called `spy satellites .

The Indian security forces have been seeking such capability for a long time. The need to procure one quickly was precipitated after the terrorist attacks on Mumbai by a Pakistani suicide squad on 26 November 2008. The attacks claimed over 180 innocent lives.

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous20/3/09 13:46

    One ..... Only one.....May be we could learn from IAI and make more ..one is not enough..we need more for china.

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  2. Anonymous20/3/09 17:47

    China, sure, but how would a spy satellite have stopped Mumbai? Bad reporting allowing government officials to make use of a well-known and emotional tragedy. It would be nice if governments could speak to their citizens like grownups instead of telling fairy tales.

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