{"id":75870,"date":"2021-01-08T10:47:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T05:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=75870"},"modified":"2021-01-09T10:19:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T04:49:52","slug":"how-india-is-increasing-its-maritime-domain-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-india-is-increasing-its-maritime-domain-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"How India is increasing its maritime domain awareness?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Introduction <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreknowledge<\/strong> was identified by the\u00a0<strong>legendary military theorist, Sun Tzu<\/strong> as the critical element in the battle. It can be gathered only with specialized tools and by men who knew the enemy well.<\/p>\n<p>Although modern warfare has become technology-based and more complex, <strong>\u2018foreknowledge\u2019<\/strong> is still critical as the enemy at sea has become more unrecognizable.<\/p>\n<p>A normal fisherman or a port worker can turn out to be a terrorist, a pirate, a criminal, or a sea-robber. To observe and track suspicious movements, Law enforcement agencies require high-grade sensors and communication networks, and information sharing in real-time.<\/p>\n<p>This enhanced consciousness at sea is called\u00a0maritime domain awareness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are India\u2019s concerns regarding<\/strong> <strong>maritime domain awareness?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People\u2019s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is developing <strong>a generation of stealthier submarines<\/strong> that will be capable of passing through undetected under enemy surveillance.<\/li>\n<li>This breakthrough by the Chinese has been ascertained by a successful<strong> test of shaftless rim-driven pump-jets. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How India is increasing its <\/strong><strong>maritime domain awareness?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Post-Galwan clash, Indian Navy is mainly focused on improving maritime domain awareness in the Indian Ocean, specifically in\u00a0the seas around\u00a0Andaman and Nicobar islands, to monitor the activity of China.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Coastal Radar network:<\/strong> India has already integrated Mauritius, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka into the wider coastal radar chain network. Now, it is seeking to set up radar stations in the Maldives, Myanmar, and Bangladesh.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monitoring:<\/strong> India\u2019s <strong>P-8I aircraft<\/strong> are monitoring near-seas and Indian naval ships have patrolled the Andaman Seas and eastern chokepoints for People\u2019s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) submarines.\n<ul>\n<li>India is planning to install an array <strong>of undersea sensors<\/strong> near the Andaman Islands in partnership with Japan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Information cooperation:<\/strong> <strong>Indian Navy\u2019s Information Fusion Centre-Indian Ocean Region<\/strong> in Gurugram is fast emerging as the most prominent information hub in the Eastern Indian Ocean. Following countries are planning to post their officers at the centre;\n<ul>\n<li>Seven Indian Ocean countries \u2014 Maldives, Myanmar, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Mauritius, and Seychelles<\/li>\n<li>At the centre, Indo-Pacific navies \u2014 Australia, Japan, the U.K, and the U.S.<\/li>\n<li>Whereas, France has already posted an officer at the IFC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>India has also posted a Liaison Officer\u00a0in <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Madagascar at \u00a0Regional Maritime Information Fusion Centre (RMIFC)\n<ul>\n<li>India has recently joined the RMIFC as an observer.<\/li>\n<li>It is a key center of maritime information in the Western Indian Ocean<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In Strait of Hormuz (EMASOH) at European Maritime Awareness\n<ul>\n<li>It is helpful in monitoring maritime activity in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Relations with France: India signed a logistics agreement with France in 2019.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>France has been key for India\u2019s participation in the Western and South-Western Ocean.<\/li>\n<li>France facilitated an \u2018observer\u2019 status for India at the Indian Ocean Commission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>SAGAR:<\/strong> India is furthering its <strong>Philosophy of Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR)<\/strong> as a \u2018security provider\u2019 and \u2018preferred partner\u2019 in the Indo-Pacific region.\n<ul>\n<li>India has entered into shipping agreements with 21 countries in the Indian Ocean.<\/li>\n<li>GSAT-7A, India\u2019s military satellite, will facilitate a real-time sharing of maritime information with partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, India\u2019s maritime initiatives are not just focussed on strategic considerations but also generating cooperative synergies in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Foreknowledge was identified by the\u00a0legendary military theorist, Sun Tzu as the critical element in the battle. It can be gathered only with specialized tools and by men who knew the enemy well. Although modern warfare has become technology-based and more complex, \u2018foreknowledge\u2019 is still critical as the enemy at sea has become more unrecognizable.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-india-is-increasing-its-maritime-domain-awareness\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How India is increasing its maritime domain awareness?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":75872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1351,1310],"tags":[1333],"class_list":["post-75870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","tag-ir_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-India-is-increasing-its-maritime-domain-awareness-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704913408},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75870","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}