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India offers to share real-time maritime data
November 4 , 2017
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- India has made an offer to share intelligence of maritime movements in the Indian Ocean in real-time with 10 Indian Ocean littoral States.
- This news announced by Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba at the Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC), comes at a time when India gears up to counter China’s increased presence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
- The Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC) was inaugurated at the Tarang Auditorium of INS Mandovi, Goa.
- The conclave was aimed at “Addressing Regional Maritime Challenges” wherein the deliberations were focused on
- Emerging maritime threats and force structuring,
- Maritime domain awareness,
- Maritime security architecture,
- Maritime security challenges in the Indian ocean region(IOR).
- The information to be shared includes movement of commercial traffic as well as intelligence.
- The information sharing is not so much for conventional military purposes but to deal with non-traditional threats arising at sea.
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