GoA & Indian Ocean

  • More dugs for CMF

    Royal Australian Navy nets huge haul of heroin. Combined Maritime Forces conducts fifth seizure of illegal drugs this month Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Ballarat has seized more than 900 […]

  • Red Wave 1 preps

    Multi-national exercise due. Saudi naval forces prepare for Red Wave 1 JEDDAH: The joint military drill, Red Wave 1, is to launch early next week with the participation of the […]

  • Fishing Somali waters

    Concern among Somalia’s fishing community. China will start fishing along Somalia’s coastline just as piracy makes a comeback The country with mainland Africa’s longest coastline is inviting China to its […]

  • Indian Navy rig drills

    The drill included anti-hijacking and bomb disposal exercise by slithering commandos on the oil rigs with choppers. Navy conducts offshore joint drill to check readiness Mumbai: The Navy conducted an offshore […]

  • The non-state threat

    He said that maritime piracy and maritime terrorism are the two major ways in which non-state actors threaten to jeopardise the security of the maritime domain, with a direct influence […]

  • Deterring piracy

    Presence suppresses piracy. Naval Forces, a Major Deterrent to Pirate Activity By Baibhav Mishra Over 20,000 merchant ships, including ten percent of global oil trade, transit the Gulf of Aden […]

  • Enrica Lexie case continues

    Enrica Lexie case rumbles on, six years later. International court to hear case of Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen An international tribunal will hear in July next year […]

  • SHAREM wraps up

    SHAREM program focuses on developing anti-submarine warfare. Joint anti-submarine exercise conducted by France, Australia, U.S. in C5F Story by NAVCENT Public Affairs Maritime forces from France, Australia and the United States […]

  • CMF marks huge drug hauls

    Two huge drug busts in 48 hours. Combined Maritime Forces seizes the largest drug haul in its history HMS Dragon, operating under the Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, has conducted […]

  • Indra 2018 wraps

    The exercise took place across two phases in the Bay of Bengal. Russia, India Conclude Indra Navy 2018 Naval Exercise By Ankit Panda On Sunday, the navies of India and Russia […]