India's Air Defence Shield: IACCS Explained

Key Points

• 1The Integrated Air Command and Control System (IACCS) is an automated command and control system.
• 2IACCS integrates data from air defence assets, including ground-based radar and airborne sensors.
• 3Akashteer is the Indian Army’s similar air defence control and reporting system.
• 4The Indian military deploys air defence assets in a multi-layered system.
• 5The IAF has significantly enhanced its air defence efforts across all sensitive bases, by increasing the presence of radars and Surface to Air Guided Weapon (SAGW) systems, all of which have been integrated into the IACCS network.