12:25 Preethi with the vote of thanks. Rounds of applause. We are signing off now, see you next wednesday folks.
12:20 No naval nuclear deterrence, no second strike capability too. Will take some time for getting 3-D. Not Avatar, dear.
12:16 Indian Ocean Blindness paraphrased into Delhi's ocean blindness. The babu goes blind.
12:15 China's triggers for interests in IOR: Kautilya's rajamandala. Realism, then.
12: 13 Q: Use of stations in the event of a 26/11 type attack? A. Monitoring and transparency, and system of monitoring movement in sea. [Read AAS]. Not to worry, India's got them.
12: 11 Concluding Remarks: 21st century going to witness huge standoff between Asian nations, conflict of supremacy
12:10 India's maritime posture concerns China, says Commodore. Indian Ocean Regional Symposium, Cooperative arrangements with nations can strike at the Chinese soft power.
12:00 China's defence spending is estimated to be 140 Billion USD, although lower than the US folks at 533 billion USD
- Hijacking near Somalia
11:58 No, he is not going to conclude but opens a window to Gulf of Aden, in the Western Indian Ocean. He points to the increase in piracy in that region. And to China and India's naval unit presence there. oh, well, there seem to be a lot more national naval units there. So its not entirely China and India again. 1
11:57 He's about to conclude; he however points to the recommendations of the GoM committee in 2000, right after the Kargil Victory on water security that were implemented by the govt. 10 years later.
India still houses 1200 uninhabited islands. Wonder where they are.
11:53 India is spending money on maritime security architecture, remarks Commodore. He also peruses on the nature of asymmetric threats to India. National Investigation Agency is given immense power, he adds.
Some food for thought: buying K-152 Nerpa, a nuclear submarine for sale. Its an offensive ship, by the way.
11:52 Surface, sub-Surface, Air, Cyber space: the 4 mediums of warfare.
11:52 Vikramaditya will serve for 30 years on reconstruction. Throw the Russian missiles out and bring in Brahmos.
11:50 Project 71 - an Air Defence Ship, Modular Construction [outsourcing strategy], 874 modules.
proposed service date - 2015
11:48 Poseidons, Dorniers, Harriers, MIG 29, Seakings, Kamovs, Ka's, ALH, Chetaks, and Tethered Balloons for coastal security, hmmm. That's the naval Air Arm. works largely on the STOBAR concept.
11:46 Concept of Operations [CONOPS], work at a fast pace on the Naval LCA, layered defence using marine police, CG, and the Navy.
11:45 20% of def.budget for the Navy [WOW!], Six Scorpenes to arrive!
11:43 The perspective plan, the rebirth of INS Vikrant | hold your breath| IAC / ADs , 2 HDW submarines, Total 32 ships and submarines, 15 years indigeneous plan - building of ships by non PSU's
11:40 ToTN [Transfer of Technology] and the stress on Indigenisation, the role of private players is still limited; however its on the up-curve
11:38 UAV to Unmanned Aerial Systems. Some technical nomenclature, that.
11: 35 Cmdr. Vasan comments on China's network centric warfare [NCW].
Andaman and Nicobar is extremely important in terms of Malacca Straits being a stone's throw away. A concomitant result of this is the tri-service synergy, that can counter, well, the Chinese Armada. Thus, its a fortress that we are trying to establish, says Commodore.
The China factor comes into the picture. China's leverage in the ports being built [read String of Pearls] is discussed. The word is out ,well, again. China is far superior in terms of naval power and strategy. Consolation for India: Hmm, the aircraft carrier. Hold, China will build one soon.
HADR, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief ideas were mooted for synergy between the tri-forces in peacetime as well as war.
If you didn't know, 95% of Indian trade happens by sea. maritime strategy was lacking in India, maritime doctrine was made available only in 2004 to public, 2009, the next strategic doctrine was released.
11:18 KM Panikkar, Father of maritime security | Mahan, postulates of Naval Power, Maritime capability, augment growth of a nation | Corbett, maritime strategy
11:16 Problems of delimitation spill into inter-state conflicts
11:15 Facts: 7500 km of Indian coastline, 200 nautical miles of EEZ [if you guys didn't know that], delinking additional territory
11:13 Topic: Challenges and Responses in the Indian Ocean Region
11:10 HOD introduces Commodore Vasan. He's gonna talk on maritime security.
11:05 A sparse crowd here. First years are trickling in . Good attendance from second years.
11:00 Commodore Vasan is expected to deliver a talk on Coastal Security. He's already here, waiting for the proceedings to happen.
