Ahead of its transgression in Barahoti area in Uttarakhand, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) had conducted a reconnaissance mission using high class aircraft armed with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) which provides broad-area imaging at high resolutions
New Delhi: Ahead of its transgression in Barahoti area in Uttarakhand, Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had conducted a reconnaissance mission using high class aircraft armed with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) which provides broad-area imaging at high resolutions.
According to official sources, TupolovTu 153M aircraft of Chinese PLA had carried out two to three sorties earlier this year in the middle sector falling in the areas of UP, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
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The aircraft, designed by the Chinese companies on the basis of technology from erstwhile USSR, can click pictures and other cyber and communication signatures at that height. It has an SAR that can provide high-resolution pictures even in inclement weather or in nighttime.
The information about the flight was shared during exchanges with foreign intelligence agencies, sources said. At least 20 to 25 Chinese troops had entered into the demilitarised area in Barahoti pastures in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand earlier this month, besides flying its helicopters in the Indian air space for over five minutes.
60,000 feet The altitude TupolovTu 153M aircraft can reach to avoid radar detection
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