The KALI or Kilo Ampere Linear Injector is a linear electron accelerator being developed
in India by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre (BARC).
It is a Directed-energy weapon designed to work in such a way that if an enemy missile
is launched towards India, it will quickly emit powerful pulses of Relativistic electron
beam and destroy the target.
Experts point out that it can potentially be used as a beam weapon.
Bursts of microwaves packed with gigawatts of power produced by this machine, when aimed
at enemy missiles and aircraft will cripple their electronic system and computer chips
and bring them down right away.
KALI is India’s answer to any uninvited incoming enemy satellites, UAVs, missiles,
and aircraft.
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with a secret weapon - KALI?
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The Kali project was and mooted in 1985 an work on the Project began in 1989, being developed
by the Accelerators & Pulse Power Division of the BARC.
DRDO is also involved with this project.
It was initially developed for industrial applications, although defense applications
became clearer later.
The first accelerators had a power of ~0.4GW, which increased as later versions were developed.
These were the KALI 80, KALI 200, KALI 1000, KALI 5000 and KALI 10000.
The KALI-5000 was commissioned for use in late 2004.
The power of KALI 10000 has been kept under wraps.
It is unclear if India has developed even more powerful versions or not.
Kali is a particle accelerator.
It emits powerful pulses of electrons (Relativistic Electron Beams- REB).
Other components in the machine down the line convert the electron energy into EM Radiation,
which can be adjusted to x-ray (as Flash X-Rays) or microwave (High Power Microwave) frequencies.
The KALI series (KALI 80, KALI 200, KALI 1000, KALI 5000 and KALI 10000) of accelerators
are described as "Single Shot Pulsed Gigawatt Electron Accelerators”.
They are single-shot devices, using water-filled capacitors to build the charge energy.
The discharge is in the range of 1GW.
Initially starting with 0.4GW power, present accelerators are able to reach 40GW.
Pulse time is about 60 ns.
The Microwave radiations emitted by the KALI-5000 are in the 3–5 GHz Range.
KALI – 5000 system is designed to produce electron pulses of about 100 ns with an energy
of about 1 MeV, current 40 kA and a power of 40 GW.
This Relativistic Electron Beams (REB) thus generated will be used for the generation
of High Power Microwaves (HPM) & Flash X Rays (FXR).
The DRDO is involved in configuring the KALI for its use and has been deployed in many
various scenarios.
The X-rays emitted are being used in Ballistics research as an illuminator for ultrahigh speed
photography by the Terminal Ballistics Research Institute (TBRL).
Microwave emissions are used for EM Research.
The microwave-producing version of KALI has also been used by the DRDO scientists for
testing the vulnerability of the electronic systems of the India’s indigenously developed
Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), which was then under development.
It has also helped in designing electrostatic shields to "harden”Light Combat Aircraft
and missiles from microwave attack by the enemy as well as protecting satellites against
deadly Electromagnetic Impulses (EMI) generated by nuclear weapons and other cosmic disturbances,
which could destroy electronic circuits.
Viewers may note that electronic components currently used in missiles can withstand fields
of approx.
300 V/cm, while the fields in case of EMI attack reach thousands of V/cm.
The characteristic of the KALI gives it the potential to be used as a weapon.
KALI could be deployed as a High-Power Microwave gun, which could destroy incoming missiles
and aircraft through the soft-kill approach.
It may be integrated with powerful radar systems that will track enemy crafts.
However, weaponizing such a system has many obstacles to overcome.
Indian authorities have been tight-lipped regarding this.
Since secrecy has been maintained about the system, many experts think that the system
has already been weaponized.
Viewers may note that in general the most advance systems are well guarded.
The main advantages of Kali are as follows:
1.
Low cost per shot, as each firing of the weapon, requires only the minimal cost of generating
the energetic pulse; by contrast ordnance for projectile weapons must be designed, manufactured,
handled, transported and maintained.
2.
Another important aspect is that ships /planes can carry a fixed number of projectile-based
weapons as they take up space, so they can take out only those number of targets at max.
But KALI can be used repeatedly.
3.
According to independent analysts, the KALI could be even deadlier than laser weapons
as it could be more apt in penetrating external surfaces of incoming projectiles.
India has No First Use of Nuclear Weapons policy.
Hence, it needs a defensive system to thwart a preemptive strike by its enemy.
This is where KALI could be most well utilized.
India is planning to have an Integrated Air Defense Weapon System (IADWS) to protect the
important cities of the country starting with the capital of India - New Delhi.
The proposed multilayer arrangement will consist of the following :
1.
The outermost layer of the missile shield will consist of a two-tier ballistic missile
defense (BMD) system developed by India's state-run DRDO or Defence Research and Development
Organisation.
The two-tiered BMD System consists of the PAD (Prithvi Air Defense), which will intercept
missiles at exo-atmospheric altitudes of 50 to 80 km or 31 to 50 mi and the AAD (Advanced
Air Defense) missile for an interception at endo-atmospheric altitudes of up to 30 km
or 19 miles.
The BMD system uses the Swordfish radar.
Swordfish is an Indian active electronically scanned array (AESA) long-range tracking radar
specifically developed track ballistic missiles.
It can spot objects as small as a cricket ball (3-inches in diameter) at ranges of up
to 500 mi or 800 km.
As per reports, the process is going on to increase the range of radar to around 950
miles or 1,500 km.
2. The middle layer will be the Russian made S-400 system.
S 400 Triumph is an anti-aircraft weapon system developed by Russia’s Almaz Central Design
Bureau in the 1990s as an upgrade of the S 300 family.
it has been in service with the Russian armed forces since 2007.
It is designed to defend against aircraft including 5th generation stealth fighters,
bombers, AWACS, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles.
The radars of S 400 have a range of around 600 km or around 370 miles.
The main radar is complimented by target acquisition radars some of which are touted to have the
ability to detect stealth aircraft.
S 400 deploys multiple missiles to cover its strike envelope and can hit targets at a range
of up to 400 km or 250 miles.
India has inked a deal with Russia to get 5 regiments of S 400, the contract is worth
5.5 Billion USD.
The delivery is expected to commence by the end f this year.
3.
The innermost layer of protection will be through NASAMS II.
We will now check the capabilities of NASAMS II.
It a likely that a system like KALI will be added to this kind of layered defense system
to protect important infrastructure and strategic assets.