New Delhi: India will continue to maintain the presence of the Navy in the Persian Gulf that is troubled and the Gulf of Oman, aimed at protecting Indian-flagged trading ships and transit oil tankers in the region.
“The Hormuz Strait is the main chokoint.
Disorders in trade in this region can have a big impact on our economy.
Under ‘SanSalp Operation’, we will continue to deploy frontline warships, both destroyers or frigates with helicopters and sea command teams,” said A navy senior officer.
India launched Sankalp operation in June 2019 after an explosion on two foreign oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman amid tensions between Iran and the US.
With attacks that underlined the vulnerability of transit trade transit that was transmitted by sea through a limited geographical location, the Navy then sent the Destruction of Ins Chennai and Patrol Vessel Ins Sunayna to Oman’s Gulf.
“The Indian Navy is the first to spread ships to protect parts of merchant ship through the region,” the officer added.
Two years later, the spread of the forward navy continued.
As many as 23 Indian warships in rotation have been deployed to the Gulf region, with an average of 16 Indian flagged ships and tankers provided every day.
“The presence of Indian warships acts as a prevention of hostile threats and convincing our merchant ship.
If prompted, we also started the Sea Command Security Team on the ship for several durations,” the officer said.
“About 60% of Indian oil imports, after all, come from this region,” he added.
Sankalp’s operation is now part of the “Mission Spread (MBD)” which was launched by the Navy in 2017 in the Indian Ocean region.
Under MBD, the warship is deployed to fulfill all the possibilities of conventional threats and maritime terrorism to disaster piracy and assistance.