Indian Ocean Developments

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Australian Navy agrees to India assuming policing role in Indian Ocean

Despite tensions rising in India over the racist attacks against Indian students Down Under, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has said that it is not against its Indian counterpart assuming a policing role in the Indian Ocean region.

The RAN wants to have joint operations to counter threats from terrorists, pirates and other criminals in the sea lanes.

The RAN is participating in Exercise Milan hosted by India to bring together navies of the Asia-Pacific region to promote understanding and cooperation in the areas of common interest and safeguard sea lanes from poaching, piracy and terrorist activities, promote interoperability to the extent possible and engage in joint search and rescue and humanitarian operations.

Australia has sent the HMAS Glenelg to participate in Exercise Milan, which started on February 4.

"It is obvious for every country to jointly participate in exercise to counter piracy, criminal activity and terrorism," said Lieutenant Commander Shane Doolin, the commander of the ship.

"Milan is a good example where two navies learn from each other to operate in an emergency situation. The visit so far has been fantastic. We have been continuously supported to explore the environment here," he said.

"We are part of Indian Ocean nations and this exercise is a joint nation exercise witnessing participation of 13 navies in order to provide joint task force to counter threats appearing in the sea lanes," said Lieutenant Commander Shane Doolin.

He added: "We are all partners in the Indian Ocean and in reality this exercise focus' on providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relier relief as quick as possible," he said.

The HMAS Glenelg is a next-generation ship with a crew of 25 members. The offshore patrol vessel is a newly-built ship having state of art satellite navigation system that enables the ship position to be determined with great accuracy.

Lieutenant Commander Shane Doolin said the Indian Navy has experience of combating piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Australian Navy has maritime experience, which they can use to work together to solve the problems.

Milan 2010 will will also provide opportunities to promote understanding and camaraderie amongst the navies of the Asia-Pacific region and encourages ship visits, social interactions and cultural presentations by the participating countries.

Naval ships of Singapore (two ships), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar, with representatives from navies of Brunei, Philippines, Vietnam and New Zealand joining Exercise Milan.

http://www.indian-military.org/news-archives/indian-navy-news/462-australian-navy-agrees-to-india-assuming-policing-role-in-indian-ocean.html

 

[shuvo@y2k10]

i don't care what china,us,uk,eu,australia thinks but it is high time that india realize that indian ocean is india's ocean and to be a global power we need to be the supreme power in the indian ocean.this is only possible if india grows its navy with the pace with which the chinese are doing and focus more on nuclear submarine which can really rule the wave.

 

[ejazr]

The other major organisation that is the brainchild of the Indian Navy is the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS). A forum dedicated to be a meeting point of all naval chiefs whose countries are part of the Indian Ocean Rim.

The first IONS was held in 2008 with invitations send to all major Navy chiefs. Not surprisingly, Pakistan protested against this grouping claiming it to be "anti-Islamic". However, the limits of Pakistan playing the religion card was shown when the largest delegation was from Saudi Arabia along with their Naval chief and other countries like UAE, Indonesia, Egypt and Oman among others. The 2010 edition involved handing over the commandership of IONS from the Indian navy chief to UAE for a two year period. South African will hold the position from 2012-2014. In all about 33 naval delegates of different countries participated which was held in UAE including Pakistan.

At present, China has been prevented in getting membership on the insistance of GoI that all members should border the Indian Ocean. More info can be received from the IONS website of the Indian navy at http://indiannavy.nic.in/ion.htm

 

[JBH22]

So let's see some advantage India has

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   India's new listening post in Madagascar has reportedly begun operations. Under construction for more than a year, the monitoring station will provide India with electronic eyes and ears in the southwestern Indian Ocean.

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  To the east of Madagascar we have Mauritius considered as a fulcrum state by many largely due to the large indian diaspora there including that the security advisor is a RAW official,additionally Indian navy makes frequent port call there plus it has provided hydro graphic assistance.Additionally there is talk to lease Agalega island though this is denied by both Mauritius and India

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  Seychelles island is another example of India clout in the region their coast guard have been donated patrol boats and a helicopter by India

 

[AK471993]

Indian, Russian navies to expand cooperation in Indian Ocean Region

New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) India and Russia Monday discussed the security environment in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), particularly piracy threats and expanding cooperation to fight the menace, at a meeting between the navy chiefs of the two countries.

The Russian Navy's commander-in-chief, Admiral Vladimir Sergeevich Vysotskiy, Monday began a three-day visit at the invitation of his Indian counterpart, Admiral Nirmal Verma.

'The two admirals had discussions on issues of common interest ranging from the maritime environment in the IOR, operational philosophies of the two navies, ongoing projects of the Indian Navy and mutual training exchanges,' a navy spokesperson said here.

'Whilst discussing the maritime environment, specific emphasis was laid on the growing threat of piracy in the IOR and various possibilities for the two navies to co-operate,' the spokesperson added.

Detailed discussions were also held on the ongoing projects between the two countries, including the training of Indian naval personnel for the operating the INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier (formerly the Admiral Gorshkov) that is scheduled to commence later this year.

India had bought the Gorshkov in 2004 for $1.5 billion, but in the last six years the cost of its refit at the Sevmash shipyard in Russia has escalated and a final price of $2.34 billion was agreed to last February. The warship is expected to be inducted into the Indian Navy by the end of 2012.

Other matters discussed included the possibility of regularising the navy-to-navy interaction with 'staff talks' and the feasibility of enhancing the scope of the Indra series of joint naval exercises between the two countries.

India and Russia share deep historical linkages for over 50 years and in recent years, defence relations between the two countries have transformed into a strategic partnership with joint developmental projects such as the BrahMos cruise missile and the latest agreement for jointly developing a Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft.

The Indian and Russian navies have regularly conducted the Indra joint exercises since 2003, with five editions held so far. The last exercise Indra-2009 was conducted off Goa, while the guided missile frigate INS Beas made a port call at St. Petersburg in Russia last year.

Vysotskiy will visit the Mumbai-based Western Naval Command Tuesday and will board INS Shivalik, an indigenously built stealth frigate inducted into the Indian Navy last year.

Vysotskiy, a graduate from the Black Sea Naval College and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, has served as the Chief of Staff of the Baltic Fleet and Commander of the Northern Fleet before taking over as the Commander-in-Chief in 2007

http://www.sify.com/news/indian-russian-navies-to-expand-cooperation-in-indian-ocean-region-news-national-lbru4qaegei.html

 

[kickok1975]

Chinese War Ships Sail to Indian Ocean

 

[kickok1975]

Chinese Navy is much bigger now than 10 years ago. But still why ship as big as this one need go there?

 

[kickok1975]

There are some new boats joined the force

 

[kickok1975]

They are not coming to threaten India, I guess

 

[kickok1975]

Must be for these guys

 

[kickok1975]

These poor guys, do they have to suffer such bullet?

 

[kickok1975]

Bye,Bye, try not kill anyone if it is not absolutely necessary

 

[Ray]

Very interesting and impressive looking naval craft.

It will be a good experience to sea conditions in the Indian Ocean.

Chinese navy has girls on board?

If so, very liberal and good.

 

[kickok1975]

Very interesting and impressive looking naval craft.

It will be a good experience to sea conditions in the Indian Ocean.

Chinese navy has girls on board?

If so, very liberal and good.

Yeah, not only female sailer, but also female marine in military force. In fact, after my graduation from college, I was once introduced to a girl servered in Navy. If I married her, my life would be another story

 

[ejazr]

Not enough room for China in Indian Ocean: Maldives

http://www.sify.com/news/not-enough...ocean-maldives-news-national-lczrkkbjehc.html

New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Clearly alluding to the expanding ambitions of China in the region, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed Friday underlined the atoll nation's special ties with India and said there was not enough room for too many players in the Indian Ocean.

'Maintaining balance in the Indian Ocean is very important. There is not enough room in the Indian Ocean for other non-traditional friends,' Nasheed, who wrapped up his three-day visit to India, told reporters here.

'We are not receptive to any installation, military or otherwise in the Indian Ocean, specially from un-traditional friends. The Indian Ocean is the Indian Ocean,' the Maldives president replied when asked about China's increasing foray in the region.

Nasheed, who dislodged Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Maldives' ruler for three decades, in the landmark 2008 elections, underlined the archipelago nation's special ties with India.

'We have very good friendly relations with India. We believe in being honest with our friends,' he replied when asked about Beijing's attempts to cultivate Male at the expense of New Delhi.

'India is a better investment destination. Language, culture, music, food. It's far easier to deal with India than with China,' he replied when asked to compare the experience of doing business with India and China.

In the morning, Nasheed met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed a host of issues, including piracy, maritime security and expanding trade and investment between the two countries.

'We had discussions on the Indian Ocean, piracy, climate change and trade and investment,' said Nasheed, the youngest leader to head the Indian Ocean atoll island that faces an existential threat from global warming.

'Piracy (control) is a very important issue for us. We are sitting right in the middle of the Indian Ocean,' he said.

He also discussed the ongoing preparations in his country to host the eight-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in November.

He lauded Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's constructive role at global climate change negotiations at the Mexican city of Cancun last year.

With Ramesh, Nasheed discussed the post-Cancun roadmap for negotiations to curb global warming, an issue of existential importance for the Maldives, one of the world's lowest lying islands that faces the prospect of extinction in case of a perceptible surge in sea levels triggered by global warming.

In 2007, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that a rise in sea levels of 18 to 59 centimetres by 2100 would be enough to make the country practically uninhabitable.

Ruling UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi had met Nasheed Thursday.

 

[LurkerBaba]

That was extremely blunt !

'Maintaining balance in the Indian Ocean is very important. There is not enough room in the Indian Ocean for other non-traditional friends,' Nasheed, who wrapped up his three-day visit to India, told reporters here.

'We are not receptive to any installation, military or otherwise in the Indian Ocean, specially from un-traditional friends. The Indian Ocean is the Indian Ocean,' the Maldives president replied when asked about China's increasing foray in the region.

Nasheed, who dislodged Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Maldives' ruler for three decades, in the landmark 2008 elections, underlined the archipelago nation's special ties with India.

'We have very good friendly relations with India. We believe in being honest with our friends,' he replied when asked about Beijing's attempts to cultivate Male at the expense of New Delhi.

'India is a better investment destination. Language, culture, music, food. It's far easier to deal with India than with China,' he replied when asked to compare the experience of doing business with India and China.

"Indian Ocean is the Indian ocean ". Me like !

We should have a Maldives flag !

 

[Yusuf]

Like it matters to the chinese about what maldives has to say.

I would look at it this way from his statement that yes the chinese are asking for a base in our country but we have for the moment said no. What will you do for us? India cannot drop guard or ignore any country that borders the Indian Ocean, either islands in it or those in Africa. China will snap them up.

 

[Adux]

Like it matters to the chinese about what maldives has to say.

I would look at it this way from his statement that yes the chinese are asking for a base in our country but we have for the moment said no. What will you do for us? India cannot drop guard or ignore any country that borders the Indian Ocean, either islands in it or those in Africa. China will snap them up.

Yusuf,

It is a very clear message, you, me and China knows that Maldives wont utter something of this nature, without outside assurances, help and strategy. This is the success of Indian Navy and the Indian Government. Add Vietnam and Maldives to our list. This is not USN victory , but IN.

 

[Yusuf]

Yusuf,

It is a very clear message, you, me and China knows that Maldives wont utter something of this nature, without outside assurances, help and strategy. This is the success of Indian Navy and the Indian Government. Add Vietnam and Maldives to our list. This is not USN victory , but IN.

Yes, so long as india keeps playing well. India cannot relax. Madagascar, seychelles, mozambique, mauritius, tanzania, kenya etc should be under indian influence. What is in Indias favor is a sizeable indian origin population in these countries. But we cannot get complacent.

 

[Adux]

Yes, so long as india keeps playing well. India cannot relax. Madagascar, seychelles, mozambique, mauritius, tanzania, kenya etc should be under indian influence. What is in Indias favor is a sizeable indian origin population in these countries. But we cannot get complacent.

There is a String around String of Pearls, Add USN, JMSDF, RAN and SKN. That is a more formidable line up than anything China will be able to muster.
Put these in context with LPD's Purchase!

India creates, Vietnam, Maldives, Sychelles and India itself: String 1
US creates, South Korea, Australia, Japan and USN(Diego Garcia) : String 2.

Guess, who is wetting their pants now? It is most definitely India's Ocean!