India’s 700 km range ballistic missile, ‘AGNI I’ was
successfully launched today from the wheeler island off the coast of
Odisha. It was a textbook launch meeting all mission objectives and the
missile reached the target point in the Bay of Bengal following the
prescribed trajectory. The missile was launched from Road Mobile Launcher System and was tracked by Radar and Telemetry stations located
along the coastline. Two Naval Ships located near the target point
tracked the missile in the terminal phase of the Flight.
Indigenously
developed by DRDO the missile is already in the arsenal of Indian Armed
Forces and was launched by the Strategic Forces Command as part of
training exercise to ensure preparedness.
After robust sea, air and underwater combat arms, the Navy now wants a
dedicated force for the virtual front as well. The force has begun the
process to recruit information technology (IT) engineers and graduates
as short-service commissioned officers.
The Navy's drive to induct
IT officers, as part of its main executive branch, comes in the backdrop
of cyber warfare emerging as a potentially crippling form of waging
covert wars as well as Chinese and Pakistani online espionage agents
continuing with their incessant attempts to hack into Indian computer
networks.
"All combat operations are now becoming network-driven.
The aim is to create a specialist cadre of creators, custodians and
administrators of our various networks on warships as well as ashore
installations," said a senior officer.
Towards this end,
applications have been invited from B Tech and M Tech (computer
sciences), BSc and MSc (IT/computer science), and BCA and MCA graduates
for a course beginning in the Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala in Kerala
from December.
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