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India is scheduled for a nationwide security drill amid increasing tension with Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack. The drill will include crash blackout measures for safety during a possible air raid.
New Delhi:
India is ready for a nationwide security drill yesterday, in which 26 innocents were killed after increasing tension with Pakistan after the Kalagam Terror Attack with Pakistan. Directions for states about drills in the Ministry of Home Affairs – The first in 54 years – “Provision for Crash Blackout Measures” is mentioned. Blackouts are applied during an air raids by enemy aircraft to reduce the number and damage of casualties. A 2003 document, the general principle of civil defense in India, does not give dos and dons during an air raid and gives details of how the blackout should be applied.
Why blackout needs
According to the document, blackouts cause problems for advanced high -speed aircraft. “The worry level of the enemy pilot in the cockpit will be higher if the area is dark,” it says. The document states that the objective is to ensure that “under general visibility conditions, no light will appear at a height of 5,000 feet above the ground level”. Light restrictions should be gradually applied and not at once. These curb street lights also apply to lights from factories and vehicles. All enlightened advertisements are prohibited in weak areas – it is important for urban centers with large markets.
What is allowed, what is not during blackout
A draft order states that a blackout “aims to enable people to protect themselves and their towns from the enemy’s plane at night, without the inconvenience of the total darkness”. For public lighting, including street lamps, light will be reduced to minimized. The document states, “No straight ray from street lamps will be emitted except the slope below. The light thrown on the ground will not exceed 25 watt bulbs at a distance of 20 feet. Or a simple storm lanterns at a distance of 6 feet.”
No light should be used in any building until it is shown by opaque material. Instructions are: “(a) no ray, direct from the source of light, or reflected from a bright surface, appears outside the roof part of the building: (B) No dazzle is thrown outside the building or outside any part of it”. No light will be allowed for decoration or advertising outside any building.
What about car lights?
Description of the document is how the lights on cars and other vehicles should be covered to help blackout. “All lights are able to throw a beam, carrying on a motor vehicle, examining,” it says and says in three ways. The first passes through dried brown paper, one thickness on the lower half and two thickness on the upper half – it means that an unconscious light will be emitted from the lower part of the headlamp. The second method is to cover a cardboard disk behind the glass, with a horizontal kiln 1/8 “wide, half an inch below the center of the bulb, the reflector, the document, so that no light is reflected by the reflector.
How an air raid warns works
Warning of enemy aircraft provides time for people to take shelter. The document gives steps to implement it. The work of detecting the enemy aircraft movement is with the Air Force. As soon as the Air Force detects an upcoming enemy aircraft, the information is passed at the regional citizen defense control centers, forwarding it to the centers of the city that initiate ground action. For the Air Force, it gives information on a large map and plans a defensive countercers.
There are four types of air raids warning messages: the first is ‘Air Red Message – Yellow’. It is an early and confidential message and is the forecast of the enemy aircraft movement. On receiving this message, Civil Defense Services should prepare for an uninterrupted movement. This warning is kept confidential to reduce public alarm.
The second alert is ‘Air Red Message-Red’. This is a warning that enemy aircraft are moving towards some cities and they can be attacked within minutes. This message is obtained by those parts of civil defense response and a call for action. Public warnings through sirens are likely to follow this alert. The third type is ‘Air Red Message – Green’. This means that the raided aircraft have left the towns or no longer threatened them. A fourth type of alert is sent to ‘Air Red Message-White’, when an initial threat was warned to ‘Air Red Message-Yellow’ nearby. This type of alert is also confidential.
