Mission Sudarshan Chakra: India's Defensive Weapon Against Ballistic Missiles
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched Mission Sudarshan Chakra, an ambitious project aimed at creating a multi-layered, all-weather, indigenous air defense shield to protect India’s critical military, civilian, and strategic infrastructure by 2035. The initiative is inspired by the Sudarshan Chakra, Lord Krishna's celestial weapon, symbolizing precision and invincibility.
Key Aspects and Capabilities
Mission Sudarshan Chakra intends to build a national defense grid integrating existing missile defense systems, surveillance, command and control frameworks, and indigenous technology for rapid detection, interception, and retaliatory precision strikes against diverse aerial threats. These threats include drones, cruise missiles, ballistic projectiles, and swarm attacks at multiple altitudes and domains.
The mission involves combining India's Integrated Air Command and Control System (IACCS) with an integrated rocket force, forming a seamless network to detect threats and respond with precision-guided missile strikes. This fusion can create an advanced missile shield much like Israel’s “Iron Dome.”
The existing S-400 Triumf (Russian origin) system will act as a long-range backbone of this new shield, with indigenous missile systems such as the Akash Prime for low-altitude interception and Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) systems contributing to the layered defense architecture.
Mission Sudarshan Chakra focuses entirely on indigenous research, development, and manufacturing, aligning with India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat policy to reduce reliance on foreign technology and ensure strategic sovereignty. It will also incorporate advanced surveillance, cyber protection, and physical infrastructure safeguards customized for India’s threat landscape, emphasizing proactive integrated security planning.
Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense and Long-Range Conventional Ballistic Missiles
While specific details about anti-ballistic missile (ABM) interceptors or new long-range conventional ballistic missiles are not explicitly detailed in public disclosures about Mission Sudarshan Chakra, the integration of multiple missile systems and an “integrated rocket force” implies a future capability expansion encompassing both missile defense and precision strike weapons.
The mission’s emphasis on rapid precision strikes and layered defense strongly suggests development or enhancement of interceptors capable of countering ballistic missile threats, though exact platforms remain classified or under development.
Potential Expansion of DRDO’s Project Kusha
Project Kusha, historically known as a DRDO initiative to develop long-range ballistic missiles or hypersonic technologies, has not been explicitly linked in recent public disclosures with Mission Sudarshan Chakra. However, given the ambitions of Mission Sudarshan Chakra to incorporate precision strike capabilities and form an integrated missile force, there is a plausible strategic rationale for expanding or integrating Project Kusha technologies within this broader framework. No confirmed official information on this expansion is currently available.
Summary
| Aspect | Details | |-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------| | Mission Objective | Indigenous, multi-layered air-defense system for India by 2035| | Core Systems | Integration of IACCS, S-400, Akash Prime, MRSAM | | Threats Addressed | Drones, cruise missiles, ballistic projectiles, swarm attacks| | Tech Focus | Fully indigenous R&D, manufacturing, AI-driven control | | Strategic Goal | Self-reliance, national sovereignty, proactive defense | | Links to Project Kusha | Not publicly confirmed, but potential expansion plausible |
Mission Sudarshan Chakra marks a significant step forward in India’s missile defense and precision strike capabilities, tying together advanced air defense technology with indigenous innovation and a layered, integrated defense architecture.
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