7516 km LONG COAST LINE

EEZ MILLION SQ KM EEZ MILLION SQ KM MARITIME INTERESTS

13 MAJOR PORTS 185 MINOR PORTS

ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE

ENERGY SLOCs IN THE IOR 10.3 Mn BARRELS/DAY OF OIL PASSES THROUGH MALACCA 100,000 SHIPS TRANSIT THROUGH THE INDIAN OCEAN 15.5 Mn BARRELS/DAY OF OIL FLOWS THROUGH PERSIAN GULF 60% WORLD OIL FROM GULF

OFF SHORE OIL PRODUCTION 30% REQUIREMENT FROM OFFSHORE RESOURCES REPLACEMENT COST OVER US $ 50 Bn

GULF OF ADEN PERSIAN GULF RED SEA ARABIAN SEA BAY OF BENGAL INDIAN OCEAN 6° N

‘FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED’

INDIAN NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER 01 MAJOR FLEET COMBATANTS20 FLEET TANKERS03 GUIDED MISSILE CORVETTES08 FLEET OPVs06 MAJOR LANDING SHIPS08 SUBMARINES16 MISSILE ATTACK CRAFTS12 OTHER COMBATANTS66 TOTAL140

SECOND CARRIER

INDIGENOUS CARRIER

DELHI CLASS DESTROYER

PROJECT 17

ASW CORVETTE

OPV

SUBMARINE

CONSTRUCTIVE COOPERATION IN THE REGION

OP SAGITTARIUS 02 APR -16 SEP 2002

400 NM 800 NM 1200 NM 1ST EPICENTRE 0629 HRS 2 ND EPICENTRE 0953 HRS 26 DEC 04 INDIRA PT

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY BY INDIAN NAVAL AIRCRAFT : NAGAPPATTINAM COAST BROKEN BRIDGE

DAMAGED BOATS AT FISHING JETTY IN NAGAPPATTINAM 30 DEC

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS – 26 DEC HRS ON 28 DEC 04 – FIRST SHIP WITH RELIEF SUPPLIES ARRIVED MALDIVES

NATURE’S FURY (GALLE HARBOUR) – 27 DEC 04

GALLE HARBOUR OPERATIONALISED IN SHIPS SUTLEJ AND SARVEKSHAK - THE FIRST SHIPS TO BERTH IN GALLE HARBOUR ON 04 JAN 05

IN SHIPS NIRUPAK & KHUKRI OFF MEULABOH

USNS MERCY MISSION

BILATERAL EXERCISE

MILAN 2005 FROM 26 FEB TO 02 MAR 05 MILAN 2005 FROM 26 FEB TO 02 MAR 05 BANGLADESH SRI LANKA VIETNAM MALAYSIA BRUNEI MILAN

The Indian ocean is the key to the seven seas: whoever Controls it dominates Asia and, in the 21 st century, the world’s destiny will be decided on its waters Alfred Thayer Mahan