Exercise (Conducted by defense space agency (DSA)) aims to help secure national strategic objectives in space and integrate India’s space capability in military operations.
- Space Defense accounts for prevention of potential threats to space assets (Kinetic, direct energy, jamming, cyber etc.) and existing countermeasures.
Need for space defense
- It can arise due to Military, Non- military threats etc.
- Non-Military Threats (uncontrolled and natural): Includes Space Debris and Radiation leading to failure of satellite systems.
- Military threats (controlled)
- Cyber-attacks: hacking on-board sensors, uplink and downlink jamming, tracking operations, etc.
- Anti-satellite weapons: Direct-ascent asat, orbital asat etc.
- Rendezvous and Proximity Operations: De-orbiting satellites, directed energy attack from proximity, deterrence etc.
- Surveillance and Reconnaissance: Using high-resolution cameras, synthetic aperture radars etc. for weapon deployment, border security etc.
Challenges to Space defense in India
- Low Private investment, Need of National Defense Space Strategy, functional silos with lack of collaboration among stakeholders, long defense procurement procedure etc.
Way forward
- Passing draft new Remote Sensing Policy and the new Satcom Policy.
- Fast defense procurement procedures, R&D strategy for technology identification frameworks etc.
- Exploring integration of Satcom with battle plans and enabling close collaboration in DSA, DSRO AND ISRO.
Steps taken by India for Space defense
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