China stays a formidable problem and has elevated its presence: Indian Navy Chief

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: “While China is expanding its presence around India, Pakistan in the West has continued with the modernisation of the Navy,” mentioned Admiral R Hari Kumar right here on Tuesday.  Elaborating on “Security Challenges” that India faces, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) identified that whereas competitors is being performed out every day – at occasions testing limits – however with out escalating into armed motion, a struggle with potential adversaries can by no means be dominated out.

In this regard, “China remains a formidable challenge and has increased its presence, not only along our land borders but also in the maritime domain by leveraging anti-piracy operations to normalise its naval presence in the Indian Ocean Region.”

To the West, Pakistan, regardless of financial constraints, has continued its army modernisation, particularly its Navy, which is on monitor to turning into a 50-platform pressure, added CNS.

The CNS specified that China started its Indian Ocean maritime deployment in 2008 utilizing anti-piracy operations “as the reason” and since then there was a steady presence within the area. “At any point we have anything between 5-8 Chinese Navy units, be it warships or research vessels and a host of Chinese fishing vessels operating in the IOR. We keep a watch on them and see how they are undertaking their activities in the IOR,” he mentioned.

While “China now has a base in Djibouti, and have been involved in development of various ports in the IOR, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Pakistan and so many other countries, the Navy Chief said, India is also building its capability but it is “not based on a nation, it is based upon our requirements to protect, preserve and promote our national interests.”

With the structuring of our pressure and creating the potential, “these get factored and allow us to maintain the Indian Ocean below surveillance. We have plane sorties, ships deployed nearly 24X7 to keep watch over the IOR, Adm Kumar mentioned.

Chief of Naval Staff was delivering the Keynote Address for the plenary session on India’s Naval Revolution: Becoming an Ocean Power on the forty ninth National Management Convention, All India Management Association. He additionally talked concerning the reliability of the weapons of Russian origin and its help within the technological realm.

Talking concerning the Russian gear, he mentioned they’re dependable and whereas there have been teething points with among the techniques; they’ve been getting good help from Russia.

Russia supported us with some applied sciences which we aren’t capable of get from some other sources, Adm Kumar mentioned, “In that sense, we have really been receiving good support from Russia over the years.”

While the traditional army challenges persist, CNS  pointed in the direction of terrorism which “remains a major security threat, as it continues to evolve in shape, scale and size.”  Staying one step forward of such an invisible enemy, who will continually innovate techniques, enabled by area of interest applied sciences, is a problem that persists.

NEW DELHI: “While China is expanding its presence around India, Pakistan in the West has continued with the modernisation of the Navy,” mentioned Admiral R Hari Kumar right here on Tuesday.  Elaborating on “Security Challenges” that India faces, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) identified that whereas competitors is being performed out every day – at occasions testing limits – however with out escalating into armed motion, a struggle with potential adversaries can by no means be dominated out.

In this regard, “China remains a formidable challenge and has increased its presence, not only along our land borders but also in the maritime domain by leveraging anti-piracy operations to normalise its naval presence in the Indian Ocean Region.”

To the West, Pakistan, regardless of financial constraints, has continued its army modernisation, particularly its Navy, which is on monitor to turning into a 50-platform pressure, added CNS.

The CNS specified that China started its Indian Ocean maritime deployment in 2008 utilizing anti-piracy operations “as the reason” and since then there was a steady presence within the area. “At any point we have anything between 5-8 Chinese Navy units, be it warships or research vessels and a host of Chinese fishing vessels operating in the IOR. We keep a watch on them and see how they are undertaking their activities in the IOR,” he mentioned.

While “China now has a base in Djibouti, and have been involved in development of various ports in the IOR, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Pakistan and so many other countries, the Navy Chief said, India is also building its capability but it is “not based on a nation, it is based upon our requirements to protect, preserve and promote our national interests.”

With the structuring of our pressure and creating the potential, “these get factored and allow us to maintain the Indian Ocean below surveillance. We have plane sorties, ships deployed nearly 24X7 to keep watch over the IOR, Adm Kumar mentioned.

Chief of Naval Staff was delivering the Keynote Address for the plenary session on India’s Naval Revolution: Becoming an Ocean Power on the forty ninth National Management Convention, All India Management Association. He additionally talked concerning the reliability of the weapons of Russian origin and its help within the technological realm.

Talking concerning the Russian gear, he mentioned they’re dependable and whereas there have been teething points with among the techniques; they’ve been getting good help from Russia.

Russia supported us with some applied sciences which we aren’t capable of get from some other sources, Adm Kumar mentioned, “In that sense, we have really been receiving good support from Russia over the years.”

While the traditional army challenges persist, CNS  pointed in the direction of terrorism which “remains a major security threat, as it continues to evolve in shape, scale and size.”  Staying one step forward of such an invisible enemy, who will continually innovate techniques, enabled by area of interest applied sciences, is a problem that persists.