DEHRA DUN: Pictures from Indian remote sensing satellite (IRS) are being used in a high priority defense project that will soon user India into the era of satellite reconnaissance, Indian scientists claims.
A computerized system with “vision and intelligence” that will be able to identity military targets from satellite pictures is at an advance stage of development at the defense electronics applications laboratory (deal) here.
When fully commissioned, this system will vastly increase Indian defense capability for serve alliance and reconnaissance using satellites, an actively that is vital in times of war.
“Deal director V. P Sandals said the system is being set up to process and interpret air craft and satellite data using image analysis and pattern recognition techniques”.
India does not have – nor proposes to launch – spy satellites that can take high resolution pictures showing ground objects in great detail Deal scientists have successfully developed a system that can ‘make out objects of military interest from pictures of low clarity “seat back by remote sensing satellites such as IRS.
Article extracted from this publication >> November 15, 1991
