Ritu Sharma
India’s sale of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to the Philippines has been seen as a strategic turning point, with New Delhi taking a stand in the South China Sea disputes.
Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Ashley Tellis, while conceding that BrahMos is a remarkable contribution to the Philippines’ security, said that in the absence of the C4ISR capability, the Southeast Asian country will not be able to use it “effectively.”
The US Department of Defense often uses C4ISR for “command, control, communications, computers (C4), intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR).”
In simpler words, C4ISR is the “nervous system” of the military aimed at increasing situational awareness. Various systems work in tandem to collect massive amounts of data from multiple sensors and databases. This data, as an end product, is used for targeting.
C4ISR technologies are the bedrock of any mission, and the components must work in tandem to effectively enable the “muscle” side of the military—weapons, platforms, and troops. C4ISR networks collect massive amounts of data from multiple sensors, databases, and other sources worldwide. The data is fused, processed into usable information, and shared securely among authorized users.
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