Articles for Maritime Domain

Quad countries call for end in violence in Ukraine, Gaza, and Myanmar
5 months, 1 week ago

Quad countries call for end in violence in Ukraine, Gaza, and Myanmar

The Hindu  

The Quadrilateral partnership consisting of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States intends to expand the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness into the Indian Ocean Region, the Foreign Ministers of the four member countries announced on Monday in Tokyo. Addressing the meeting, External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar said the four members of the Quad grouping are democracies that …

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QUAD countries agree to expand maritime domain awareness initiative to Indian Ocean
5 months, 1 week ago

QUAD countries agree to expand maritime domain awareness initiative to Indian Ocean

Hindustan Times  

The Quad agreed on Monday to expand a maritime domain awareness initiative to the Indian Ocean to bolster security and counter illegal activities even as the grouping challenged China’s aggressive behaviour by reiterating its commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region where “no country dominates”. Without naming China, a joint statement issued after the meeting reiterated Quad’s “steadfast commitment” …

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MQ-9B drones will provide India with enhanced maritime security, domain awareness capability: U.S.
11 months ago

MQ-9B drones will provide India with enhanced maritime security, domain awareness capability: U.S.

The Hindu  

The US has said the sale of 31 armed drones to India at an estimated cost of nearly $4 billion would provide it with an enhanced maritime security and domain awareness capability and give the country outright ownership of these aircraft. Last week, the U.S. approved the sale of 31 MQ-9B armed drones to India at an estimated cost of …

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Prosperous Indo-Pacific hinges on peaceful maritime domain: Navy chief
2 years, 1 month ago

Prosperous Indo-Pacific hinges on peaceful maritime domain: Navy chief

The Hindu  

A prosperous Indo-Pacific hinges on a peaceful maritime domain, and the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative holds immense potential for synchronising and synergising the collective efforts towards achieving it, Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar said on Wednesday. In his address at the fourth edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue here, he also said maritime terrorism and proliferation of advanced technologies have "further …

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How to Make the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness Work
2 years, 1 month ago

How to Make the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness Work

The Diplomat  

It’s a pleasant day in the South China Sea aboard USS Benfold. In May 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden announced the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness, an initiative with regional partners and allies to promote a free and open Pacific. The IPMDA will funnel investment into commercially available data, existing technologies, and existing regional fusion centers, improving partners’ ability …

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Confident of dealing with any threat in India's maritime domain: Indian Navy Chief Admiral Hari Kumar
3 years, 1 month ago

Confident of dealing with any threat in India's maritime domain: Indian Navy Chief Admiral Hari Kumar

India TV News  

Highlights Details of proposed maritime command are being worked out: Indian Navy Chief Work is on to expand women role in all spheres of Indian Navy's functioning: Navy chief Hari Kumar We're fully confident of defending India's maritime interests: Admiral R Hari Kumar The Indian Navy is fully confident of defending India's maritime interests and is carrying out the acquisition …

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Boosting India with maritime domain awareness
4 years ago

Boosting India with maritime domain awareness

The Hindu  

The legendary military theorist, Sun Tzu, is once said to have observed that the critical element in battle was foreknowledge, but that it “could not be elicited from spirits, nor from gods, nor by analogy with past events, nor from calculations”. There are reports that seven Indian Ocean countries — Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Mauritius and the …

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India, Australia to elevate strategic partnership
5 years, 3 months ago

India, Australia to elevate strategic partnership

The Hindu  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to visit Australia in November when both countries are likely to conclude the long-pending mutual logistics support agreement and a broader maritime cooperation agreement to elevate the strategic partnership, defence and diplomatic sources said. “The mutual logistics support agreement, information exchange and a broader maritime agreement, including maritime domain awareness, are expected to be …

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