India has effective mechanism to monitor oceans: Navy chief
Kannur (Kerala), Nov 9 (PTI) India has a highly effective mechanism for monitoring the oceans, known as maritime domain awareness, and is fully aware of “who is where and who is doing what” to ensure the country’s interests are not compromised, Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi has said.
The Navy Chief also dismissed the dual carrier operation by China in the South China Sea as “nothing we should be concerned of “.
Addressing the media after the grand finale of THINQ 2024, a nationwide quiz competition organised by the Indian Navy on Friday evening, Tripathi also said India keeps a “close watch” on activities in its “area of interest”.
He made these remarks at the Ezhimala Naval Academy here in response to a question on China’s growing influence in the region through its cooperation with Sri Lanka.
“What China does in any part of the globe, let them do it. What they do in our area of interest, we are keeping a close watch. Nothing happens in our part of the world which we do not know,” CNS added.
by KV Network
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