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Navy boosts surveillance amid surge in ship attacks

IndiaTimes Sunday, 31 December 2023
In the wake of the recent drone strikes on India-bound commercial ships and increased attacks from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the defence ministry on Sunday that "Indian Navy has enhanced maritime surveillance" by deploying task groups comprising destroyers and a frigate in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Central & North Arabian Sea to protect its commercial assets and interest even as Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar has issued directions to the Navy to take all possible actions to enhance security and look out for any suspicious activity in the Arabian Sea region.
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The Indian Navy has heightened surveillance in the northern and central regions of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden in response to recurrent security concerns reported on merchant vessels navigating international shipping lanes. Deploying naval task groups consisting of destroyers and frigates,...

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