Armed forces continue to maintain vigil over peninsular India

While no special alert has been sounded in peninsular India after LTTE's air strikes in Colombo on Friday, the armed forces continue to maintain a stepped-up air defence coverage over the region.

IAF, for instance, has deployed several TRUs (travelling radar units) and air defence units, which can detect intrusions up to 300 km away, near the coastline in Tamil Nadu and other parts of south India to detect any intrusion into the Indian airspace.

"Air defence measures were put in place in south India after LTTE first displayed its aerial strike capability two years ago. They include robust `spot air defence' for installations like the Kalpakkam nuclear power plants,'' said an official.

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