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THREAD: In several recent conversations I've had with US officials and experts, I've heard comments to the effect that India isn't doing enough on maritime security. It's clear that they're unaware of some recent developments:
#IndoPacific #MaritimeSecurity #Sagar #IOR
1. OPERATIONS: October 2017: Change in Indian Navy's operational deployments. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-ex…
2. OPERATIONS: July 2019: Indian vessels continue to deploy in Strait of Hormuz. reuters.com/article/us-mid…
3. OPERATIONS: March 2016: India deploys P-8i reconnaissance aircraft to Seychelles for the first time. defenseworld.net/news/15652/Ind…
4. OPERATIONS: July 2018: Indian vessels visit Sabang, Indonesia - at the mouth of the Malacca Strait - for the first time. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/i…
5. OPERATIONS: January 2019: India begins to fly P-8is out of Oman over the Gulf of Aden. thehindu.com/news/national/…
6. Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA): December 2018: Indian Navy inaugurates new Information Fusion Centre. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sitharam…
7. CAPABILITY: January 2019: India establishes further air and naval bases in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. hindustantimes.com/india-news/wit…
8. CAPABILITY: October 2018: An Indian P-8i lands in Car Nicobar for the first time. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/n…
9. INTEROPERABILITY: September 2018: India signs secure communications agreement with the U.S. business-standard.com/article/econom…
10. INTEROPERABILITY: November 2019: India conducts its first tri-service exercises (amphibious) with the United States. asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…
11. INTEROPERABILITY: April 2019: India and Australia conduct anti-submarine warfare exercises in the Bay of Bengal. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapa…
12. INTEROPERABILITY: September 2019: India takes part in the first trilateral naval exercise with the U.S. and Japan under Japan's leadership in the East China Sea. stripes.com/news/pacific/j…
13. INTEROPERABILITY: May 2019: India takes part in week-long joint sail in the South China Sea with the navies of the U.S., Japanese, and the Philippines. stripes.com/news/pacific/u…
14. INTEROPERABILITY: December 2018: India and Japan conduct their first air force exercises. mod.go.jp/asdf/English_p…
15. INTEROPERABILTY: November 2019: India and Indonesia conduct anti-submarine warfare exercises. ndtv.com/india-news/sam…
16. HADR (Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief): April 2015: India conducts evacuation operations from Yemen (including of U.S. citizens). washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
17. HADR: March 2019: India among the first to provide humanitarian relief to Mozambique following cyclone. In recent years, has provided similar relief to Sri Lanka, Maldives, Fiji, Indonesia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. business-standard.com/article/news-a…
18. CAPACITY BUILDING (Military): October 2019: Bangladesh allows India to install coastal radar systems. benarnews.org/english/news/b…
19. CAPACITY BUILDING (Military): October 2019: India and the Maldives agree on coastal radar and Dornier aircraft. thehindu.com/news/national/…
20. CAPACITY BUILDING (Military): February 2019: Increase in aid to Mauritius; continued (but reduced) for the Seychelles. tribuneindia.com/news/nation/me…
21. CAPACITY BUILDING (Civilian): November 2019: After building port at Sittwe in Myanmar, India in discussions on operations. outlookindia.com/newsscroll/mod…
22. CAPACITY BUILDING (Civilian): May 2017: After building container port in Chabahar in Iran, India seeks an operator. livemint.com/Politics/MVcwC…
23. CAPACITY BUILDING (Civilian): October 2019: India inaugurates Metro Rail in Mauritius. About $3 billion in operating lines of credit in the southwest Indian Ocean. urbantransportnews.com/india-and-maur…
24. CAPACITY BUILDING (Civilian): SEPTEMBER 2019: India increases aid and line of credit to South Pacific states. Plans next summit in Port Moresby in 2020. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-…
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