Contrary to conventional wisdom of a dominating Chinese Navy, the reality suggests that for Beijing, South China Sea is primary focus and not the Indian Ocean.
The Navy needs a strategy of distant power projection. By employing a plan for sustained presence in the Western Pacific, New Delhi can show its resolve to Beijing.
Countering China may be harder than India imagines. For one thing, regional countries aren’t willing to support any Indian moves to balance China in the Bay.
The Indian Naval Air Squadron 313 has been tasked to patrol the Indian Ocean Region and strengthen the Navy's presence in the Bay of Bengal and the southern region.
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In Mozambique, which has the longest stretch of Indian Ocean coastline, death toll is expected to cross 1,000 & Idai has destroyed 90% of its coastal city Beira.
While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
Some of the specific actions could be 1- formalize the Quad and give US Navy a base in Andamans or Nicobar island. India should no more shy away from being seen as USA friendly country 2- India should develop a naval base in Indonesia 3- India should seek a treaty of friendship (on broadly similar lines as in the past) with Russia to minimally ensure Russian neutrality, if not support against China 4- India should keep its armed forces on full alert on the border to ensure that Chinese too have a huge cost. 5- Ensure that Indian imports from China are brought down to a level where trade balance is just around zero or ideally positive. 6- launch economic reforms to attract foreign investments by lowering cost of manufacturing in India and reducing of cost of business.
This strategy has limitations . It will only work, if the Indian Ocean littoral nations work out a unified front and plan a unified attack on the China, which is quite a tall task and therefore , not implementable given the current dynamics involving China and nations of the Indian Ocean littoral, many of which host Chinese military bases.
Some of the specific actions could be 1- formalize the Quad and give US Navy a base in Andamans or Nicobar island. India should no more shy away from being seen as USA friendly country 2- India should develop a naval base in Indonesia 3- India should seek a treaty of friendship (on broadly similar lines as in the past) with Russia to minimally ensure Russian neutrality, if not support against China 4- India should keep its armed forces on full alert on the border to ensure that Chinese too have a huge cost. 5- Ensure that Indian imports from China are brought down to a level where trade balance is just around zero or ideally positive. 6- launch economic reforms to attract foreign investments by lowering cost of manufacturing in India and reducing of cost of business.
This strategy has limitations . It will only work, if the Indian Ocean littoral nations work out a unified front and plan a unified attack on the China, which is quite a tall task and therefore , not implementable given the current dynamics involving China and nations of the Indian Ocean littoral, many of which host Chinese military bases.