The Union home ministry has given the approval for field trials of hi-tech ground-penetrating radar (GPR) that will help detect tunnels, anti-tank mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on the western border with Pakistan, a development that comes amid India’s standoff with China.
The handheld GPR will be equipped with an LCD screen, telescopic rod “to plot the real time threat” and will be able to conduct “automatic target recognition”, state the specifications approved by the committee, a copy of which has been seen by ET.
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Source: The Economic Times