A.Mookerjee
Banned Member
A blue water navy, such as the one India has, and seeks to develop, should only be concerned with it's blue water role. India's coast guard must be fully equipped to deal with maritime visits of foreign vessels which are unwarranted. The Indian Navy should operate to far flung maritime destinations and to those commercial corridor's where she is welcome and has an interest. I do not believe, that the Indian Navy needs to project power overseas, she simply needs to show that she means business. No blue water navy worth it's salt, (pardon the pun), needs to project power overseas. It would be best, if the navy spends time in exercises and enhancing it's operational capabilities. There should be a separate division of the navy, which has to do with the nuclear capabilities of the nation, and is not encumbered with the maritime role. I seriously hope that the coast guard is made capable to handle any eventuality in respect to merchant ships. Perhaps, destroyers may be made available to the coast guard, just as they are to the Indian Navy.