Like I said:-
So, no, I am not overestimating our reach and capability. But we do know that in the future, ANC is set to become a military hub. We do know Indian Navy is investing heavily in SATA (Surveillance And Target Acquisition) assets as well as in a larger fleet. Now once my proposed capabilities have been acquired, sometime in late 2020s, we can selectively blockade the ships that are heading into China. But how?
Option 1:
Shipping information is open-source. Once you know the IMO numbers of all ships heading to China, you can locate and track each and every one of these as they enter the waters near Malacca. The ships that try to evade arrest can be hailed on radio via their MMSI number, and warned to stop and head towards Car Nicobar. Ships that continue to disregard warnings can be forcibly boarded by MARCOS or VBSS teams (depending on threat perception levels) to arrest or neutralise rouge ship crew and commandeer the vessel. Alternatively, a rouge vessel deemed to be armed can be shot and sunk.
Option 2:
Another way to make this happen is by making it mandatory for ALL ships passing through Malacca to make a stop at Car Nicobar (or some other island they choose to develop good port facilities on). Each vessel's cargo, crew and heading can be ascertained and then they can be allowed to pass through the straits. Any ships that resist this procedure can be dealt with as a rouge ship in the manner stated above. Now you might say that is impossible, but considering the
daily traffic in these straits is ~250 ships (upper estimate) it is fairly possible.
PLAN?
They'll be bottled up near the Singapore strait and the military challenge for IN is to ensure that the PLAN remains bottled up in a separate area (between Banda Aceh and Singapore) whereas the civilian ships are intercepted in a separate area, long before they are able to get away from Car Nicobar and get under the protection of PLAN's air defence.
BTW, off-topic, did your flag change?
I thought you were in Australia or some place, but that new flag says Botswana..........