Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems And Radars Will Be Deployed Along Pak-Afghan Border

The Pakistan army has been ordered to improve its air defence systems along the Pak-Afghan. Pakistan army is deploying shoulder-fired, man-portable surface-to-air missiles and radars to detect the ISAF/NATO helicopters and fighter jets from long distances.

In his meeting with the Chief of the Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani informed the army chief about the decision of the federal government that Pakistan should retaliate if such an attack happens again.

The Deputy military spokesman Brigadier General Syed Azmat Ali has said, “Primarily it will be early warning systems, but there will be certain weapons deployed in certain areas.”   He stressed that this is a defensive measure. It is speculated that missiles in question may be indigenously produced short range, Anza MK-II/III shoulder-fired, man-portable surface-to-air missile system which has range of 6 kilometer and it can target aircrafts flying as high as 3500 meters.

Earlier, the Director General of Military Operations (Pakistan) has informed the defence committee of Senate committee that NATO/ISAF attack against Pakistani security check posts was “a pre-planned conspiracy.”  He suggested that “If there is another attack, they should have something to defend themselves.”