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Indian Navy’s Mission Based Deployment

  • November 10, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Indian Navy’s Mission Based Deployment

Subject – Defence and Security

Context – The Indian Navy is monitoring the Chinese Navy and its maritime assets deployed in the IOR, says Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh on the sidelines of the Goa Maritime Conclave.

Concept –

  • It is deploying mission ready ships and aircraft along critical sea lanes of communications and choke points in Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
  • Under this mission-based deployment plan, Indian Navy’s 14-15 ships will be deployed year-round in region. These deployments are expected to meet any eventuality across spectrum of operations ranging from acts of maritime terrorism and piracy to Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) missions.
  • This also aims at maintaining 24/7 and round the year vigil with ships being sustained and turned around on station.
  • Since August 2017, Indian Navy deployments in the IOR have been further structured under the Mission Based Deployment (MBD) concept.
  • Under MBD concept, In addition to the anti-piracy deployment, IN ships were also Mission Deployed for
    • Operation ‘GULFDEP’ in the Persian Gulf,
    • Operation ‘CENTDEP’ in the central Indian Ocean Region,
    • Operation ‘NORDEP’ in the northern Bay of Bengal and
    • Operation ‘MALDEP’ in the Andaman Sea and approaches to the Malacca Strait.
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