After the terror attack

over three years back, a security apparatus is being put in place for the

protection of the Pathankot Air Base in Punjab, which will soon be replicated

at all Indian Air Force (IAF) stations across the country, Chief of Air Staff,

Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria has said.

His comments at a press

conference came amidst intelligence inputs about the possibility of a terror

attack on the lines of the one carried out in January 2016,  at the

Pathankot Air Base, which is close to the Pakistan border. Seven security

personnel and six Pakistani terrorists were killed in an intense gunfight after

the attackers entered the complex by breaching the perimeter wall.

In the aftermath of that

attack, the IAF has undertaken a pilot project to install an Integrated

Perimeter Security System (IPSS) at the Pathankot Air Base. "The IPSS

programme is underway at the Pathankot Air Base. It is a pilot project which is

running late by around two months. The pilot project will be completed between

November and December. It will be replicated across all air force stations

thereafter," Bhadauria said.

A composite surveillance

system, including video analytics through the use of a set of equipment and

sub-systems in order to generate decision-making solutions, is the crux of the

IPSS.

During the press conference, Bhadauria said that he will carry forward

the legacy of the IAF along with progress through training, modernisation and

indigenisation during his term in office. Bhadauria, who took over as the Air

Chief on September 30, said several steps have been taken by the IAF to augment

its strength.