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Navy really keeping everybody from marine police to customs on its toes....
Customs is our largest "navy" after IN, ICG and BSF .... have they conducted even a single successful marine operation?
Customs is our largest "navy" after IN, ICG and BSF .... have they conducted even a single successful marine operation?
Indian Navy to hold mega coastal defence exercise covering over 7,500 kms of coastline
New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) The Indian Navy will kick-start on Tuesday a two-day multi-agency military exercise covering India''s 7,516 km-long coastline, involving 13 coastal states and Union Territories, to further bolster maritime security and surveillance, officials said.
Billed as India''s largest coastal defence drill, the second edition of exercise ''Sea Vigil'' is being organised to check the efficacy of the measures initiated to plug gaps in coastal security following the Mumbai terror attack in 2008, they said.
"The scale and conceptual expanse of the exercise is unprecedented in terms of the geographical extent, the number of stakeholders involved, the number of units participating and in terms of the objectives to be met," the Indian Navy said.
The two-day drill is a build-up towards Theatre-level Readiness Operational Exercise (TROPEX) which the Indian Navy conducts every two years, officials said.
"Sea Vigil and TROPEX together will cover the entire spectrum of maritime security challenges, including transition from peace to conflict. Assets of the Indian Navy, Coast Guard, Customs and other maritime agencies will participate in Sea Vigil," the Navy said in a statement.
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