{"id":244615,"date":"2023-05-26T20:46:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T15:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=244615"},"modified":"2023-05-26T20:46:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T15:16:51","slug":"the-maritime-great-game-why-delhi-needs-to-bolster-the-andaman-and-nicobar-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-maritime-great-game-why-delhi-needs-to-bolster-the-andaman-and-nicobar-command\/","title":{"rendered":"The maritime \u2018Great Game\u2019: Why Delhi needs to bolster the Andaman and Nicobar Command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source-<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201cThe maritime \u2018Great Game\u2019: Why Delhi needs to bolster the Andaman and Nicobar Command\u201d published in the \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 26th May 2023.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- International relations<\/p>\n

Relevance- <\/strong>Maritime diplomacy<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>– The article explains the importance of ANC Command for controlling aggressive behaviour of China<\/p>\n

How is China increasing its maritime presence in the Indian ocean?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Since 2013, China has been building artificial islands in the South China Sea<\/strong>. It has created over 3,000-4,000 acres of new land atop reefs and rocks. Three such maritime outposts<\/strong> have been provided with runways and harbours as well as guided-missile batteries.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s island strategy has two objectives. It wants to develop a capability to monitor all traffic <\/strong>that moves under or above the sea. It is termed \u201cmaritime domain awareness\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n

With surveillance facilities <\/strong>and fortifying them, a nation can project power over a huge oceanic expanse.<\/p>\n

Why are Andaman and Nicobar commands strategically important?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) group of 572 islands are important for India in projecting power, exert influence, or strike friendships <\/strong>in its eastern neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

In 2001, India placed all Armed Forces located in the A&N Islands, including the Coast Guard, under the unitary command.<\/p>\n

The objective of this unitary command was to ensure defence of the territory, waters, airspace and the exclusive economic zone<\/strong> of the islands. It was to safeguard the eastern areas of the Indian Ocean and establish an air defence identification zone<\/strong> over the islands.<\/p>\n

By the turn of the century, all our South East Asian neighbours were becoming cautious of China.<\/strong> They expected that India would assert regional influence<\/strong> by positioning substantial forces with trans-national capabilities in the A&N.<\/p>\n

ANC was also the \u201ccrucible\u201d for testing the feasibility of \u201cjointness\u201d<\/strong> for armed forces. Gradually, the ANC became a well-oiled, efficient and functional joint command. <\/strong><\/p>\n

During the 2004 tsunami, the ANC provided humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the people of these islands.<\/p>\n

How little attention has been given to ANC after its formation?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It was considered that any overt show of force<\/strong> by India in the Bay of Bengal would be considered by neighbours as \u201cmuscle-flexing\u201d<\/strong>. Hence, it was undesirable.<\/p>\n

The ANC model and framework has not been replicated anywhere else. The latest theatre command <\/strong>model under consideration recommends the abolition of ANC and its absorption by the Eastern Naval Command.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source- The post is based on the article \u201cThe maritime \u2018Great Game\u2019: Why Delhi needs to bolster the Andaman and Nicobar Command\u201d published in the \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 26th May 2023. Syllabus: GS2- International relations Relevance- Maritime diplomacy News– The article explains the importance of ANC Command for controlling aggressive behaviour of China How… Continue reading The maritime \u2018Great Game\u2019: Why Delhi needs to bolster the Andaman and Nicobar Command<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-244615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704684709},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}