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Navy to speed up work on network of coastal radars
:: Bharat-Rakshak.com - Indian Military News Headlines ::KANNUR: The Indian Navy along with the coast guard will speed up the steps to set up a coastal radar network to beef up the maritime security in the region.
Speaking on the sidelines of the passing out parade of cadets part of the 14{+t}{+h} Naval Orientation Course (NOC) at Indian Naval Academy (INA) at Ezhimala on Saturday, vice chief of naval staff vice-admiral R K Dhowan underlined the fact that ships escorted by the navy were never attacked by the pirates.
"In the Gulf of Aden, when a ship is escorted by the flagship of Indian Navy, the pirates never try to hijack it and in the rare incidents of such hijack attempts, we have taken prompt action," he said.
He said that maritime security is an international issue and the navy is joining hands with forces of other nations for a coordinated effort to curb the menace.
"To strengthen the maritime security, we are planning to use state-of-the art technology and a spectrum of measures is on the anvil," he said. The navy is also planning to put in place more ships and aircraft.
The vice-admiral said in the years to come the number women in the defence force will go up. Currently out of the 219 cadets who passed the orientation course, 36 are women, while in the previous batch, nearly 70 out of the 240 trainees were women.
"The women in the navy are proficient in their jobs and we are exploring ways to utilize their skills in the combat operations too," he said.
Dhowan said the navy got the nod from the government to develop the second phase of INA. "The development of an academy of this magnitude is a huge task. But we are confident of completing the second phase of development on time befitting the standards of an international institution," he said.
