Estados Unidos ha ofrecido su radar de mas alta tecnología a la India, el radar de vigilancia aérea ASTOR, cuyas capacidades han sido descritas como inigualables por oficiales norteamericanos. El sistema ya está siendo utilizado en Afganistán por el Ejército Británico y la RAF, cinco de ellos en aviones Bombardier Global Express. El ASTOR puede detectar las mas pequeñas variaciones de movimiento en una zona, y obtiene conclusiones sobre la actividad. El sistema consiste de un radar a bordo de un jet Bombardier Global Express 'Sentinel'. Oficiales hindúes tuvieron contacto con el avión en el Paris Air Show en Junio de 2009.
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US offers latest airborne radar to India
After a range of top fighter aircraft and other weapon systems, the US has now offered another sophisticated system to India, the Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR), whose capability has been described as "unmatched" by a former US navy official.
According to Admiral Walter F Doran, president Asia for Raytheon, Indian officials had already been briefed on "this latest radar, for highly effective 24-hour surveillance and target acquisition capability".The system is being operated now by the British Army and Royal Air Force (RAF) in Afghanistan with five ASTOR aircraft and eight ground stations. ASTOR can even detect minor variations in surface levels, like digging and filling of earth at the same place, and draw conclusions about activity. The system consists of an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar on board the Bombardier Global Express 'Sentinel' business jet. Indian officials first visited the aircraft displayed at the Paris Air Show in June 2009 and have followed up with discussions.
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