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135632
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In addressing the maritime challenges facing the current government of India, I had, in the May 2014 issue of FORCE, touched upon the imperatives of coastal security. Despite that (or, perhaps because of that!), I am repeatedly asked by my editor, Pravin Sawhney why the Indian Navy — for all its professed sagacity — continues to enmesh itself in the labyrinthine complexities of coastal security? Does it not, he asks, see the mess that the Indian Army has found itself in through its excessive involvement in matters of internal security? Does it not see the pretence that the Indian Army has eventually been forced to put-up vis-à-vis the raising of the Rashtriya Rifles and fancifully feigning that the ‘regular’ Army is still concentrating-upon and honing its battle-skills? Why, he asks, with an obvious and emotive mixture of exasperation and plaintiveness, does the Indian Navy insist upon risking its core war-fighting competence and very raison-d’être, for the extremely dubious advantages of gaining centrality in the politically-driven imbroglio of ‘policing’ as a means of sustenance of internal security?
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135657
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Indian naval aviation is now in a period of transition as its squadrons work up brand new platforms like the MiG-29K carrier-borne strike fighter and Boeing P-8I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance (LRMR) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) aircraft. Both platforms combine potent and powerful sensors with a range of weapons alongwith high endurance for missions over sea.
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135661
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While Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) has served as an ideal platform for sharing information and co-operation on maritime issues, the recent deployment of western naval ships in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) further enhances this commitment. Indian naval ships Mumbai, Talwar, Teg and Deepak, under the command of Rear Admiral R. Hari Kumar, the flag officer commanding, western fleet, went on a two-month overseas deployment to east Africa and the southern IOR. The voyage started on October 1.
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135653
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The three-day period between November 12-14 this year found Hyderabad’s very considerable collection of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Labs, major Indian and international defence companies and conglomerates, as also a vast and untidy sprawl of defence-related Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), congregating at the Novotel Hotel, located a couple of kilometres from the city’s very impressive GMR Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
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135660
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On 26 February 2014, a fire broke out on board INS Sindhuratna, a submarine undergoing workup at sea, off Mumbai, after refit. The fire was quelled using inbuilt fire-fighting systems, but caused nine casualties: two officers died and seven sailors had to be evacuated to hospital.
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135662
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The sinking of the TRV-A72 has raised the need for urgent modernization of the navy
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ID:
135656
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Inside the control room of the Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) Gurgaon, a large screen maps - in real time - boats, vessels, surface ships that are operating in and around Indian waters. Relying on the inputs from various terrestrial networks (Indian Navy and Coast Guard stations), satellite communication systems, and coastal security radars, the coastal security surveillance software at IMAC can spot every surface craft, and once operational, it can also perform traffic analysis and evaluate threat perceptions. It assures the country a seamless maritime and coastal security. “This is the response of the country for events like 26/11 Mumbai terror attack,” said defence minister Manohar Parikkar.
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