<p><strong>Defence scientists have planned hi-tech protective gear with see-through-wall radar for commandos battling terrorists</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Illustration/ Sameer Pawar</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>In a bid to avert loss of soldiers and to make low intensity conflict more effective, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has embarked on a mission of turning the ordinary Indian soldier into a sophisticated Robocop.<br /><br />"The need of the hour is to turn a soldier into a complete independent integrated system whereby he can have a defensive and a sensory system at his disposal whether it is in Jammu and Kashmir, the North East or in a situation like 26/11," said V K Saraswat, director general of DRDO.<br /><br />He was speaking on the sidelines of the 7th International High Energy Materials Conference and Exhibit 2009, which was organised at the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL).<br /><br />A Subhananda Rao, director ofu00a0 HEMRL, which falls under DRDO, said, "This is going to be a multi-disciplinary effort. DRDO will bring together bio- scientists, communication engineers, computer experts, clothing experts and several others for making a prototype for a soldier along the lines of Robocop."</p>

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