2. 7516 km LONG COAST LINE

3. EEZ- 2.013 MILLION SQ KM EEZ- 2.54 MILLION SQ KM MARITIME INTERESTS

4. 13 MAJOR PORTS 185 MINOR PORTS

5. ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE

6. 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

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

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

9. ‘FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED’

10. 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

11. SECOND CARRIER

12. INDIGENOUS CARRIER

13. DELHI CLASS DESTROYER

14. PROJECT 17

15. ASW CORVETTE

16. OPV

17. SUBMARINE

18. CONSTRUCTIVE COOPERATION IN THE REGION

19. OP SAGITTARIUS 02 APR -16 SEP 2002

20. 400 NM 800 NM 1200 NM 1ST EPICENTRE 0629 HRS 2 ND EPICENTRE 0953 HRS 26 DEC 04 INDIRA PT

21. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY BY INDIAN NAVAL AIRCRAFT : NAGAPPATTINAM COAST BROKEN BRIDGE

22. DAMAGED BOATS AT FISHING JETTY IN NAGAPPATTINAM 30 DEC

23. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS – 26 DEC 04 0600 HRS ON 28 DEC 04 – FIRST SHIP WITH RELIEF SUPPLIES ARRIVED MALDIVES

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

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

26. IN SHIPS NIRUPAK & KHUKRI OFF MEULABOH

27. USNS MERCY MISSION

29. BILATERAL EXERCISE

30. 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

31. 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