7516 km LONG COAST LINE

EEZ - 2.013 MILLION SQ KMEEZ - 2.54 MILLION SQ KM

MARITIME INTERESTS

MARITIME INTERESTS

13 MAJOR PORTS13 MAJOR PORTS185 MINOR PORTS

ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCEECONOMIC 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

GULFOF

ADEN

PERSIANGULF

REDSEA

ARABIAN SEA BAY OF BENGAL

INDIAN OCEAN

6° N

INDIAN NAVYAIRCRAFT CARRIER 01

MAJOR FLEET COMBATANTS 20

FLEET TANKERS 03

GUIDED MISSILE CORVETTES 08

FLEET OPVs 06

MAJOR LANDING SHIPS 08

SUBMARINES 16

MISSILE ATTACK CRAFTS 12

OTHER COMBATANTS 66

TOTAL 140

SECOND CARRIER

INDIGENOUS CARRIER

DELHI CLASS DESTROYER

PROJECT 17

ASW CORVETTE

OPV

SUBMARINE

CONSTRUCTIVE COOPERATION IN THE REGION

OP SAGITTARIUS02 APR -16 SEP 2002

400 NM

800 NM

1200 NM

1ST EPICENTRE0629 HRS

2ND EPICENTRE0953 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 04

0600 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 MERCYMISSION

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 21st century, the

world’s destiny will be decided on its waters

Alfred Thayer Mahan