Defence Minister reviews operational readiness of Indian Navy at ENC in Visakhapatnam
The HinduDefence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam on June 14 to review the operational readiness of the Indian Navy and embarked on INS Jalashwa for a ‘Day at Sea’. Interacting with the officers and sailors of the Eastern Fleet, Mr. Rajnath Singh commended the Indian Navy for being operationally ready, and emerging as the first responder in the Indian Ocean Region. He also underlined the fact that India’s commercial interests were linked with the IOR, and the Navy was a means of securing the maritime borders while achieving the wider national objectives. Mr. Singh emphasised that in his second term the focus would be on further strengthening maritime security and making the presence of India’s naval power in IOR more effective and robust.
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