Unexpected situation in the Arabian Sea and India conducts air maritime patrols

In view of the threat to sea lines of communication in the Arabian Sea, the Indian Navy has now deployed five front-line guided missile destroyers to monitor the situation from the Red Sea to the Indian west coast. While the BrahMos land-attack missile carrying INS Kolkata, INS Kochi, INS Mormugao, INS Chennai and INS Visakhapatnam was deployed, the Indian Navy was also conducting surveillance using Boeing P8I anti-submarine warfare aircraft and an unarmed version of the Predator drone. Focusing on ships that could be used by Iranian proxies to target commercial ships. The Indian Coast Guard, for its part, uses Dornier surveillance aircraft and maritime patrol vessels to maintain deterrence in the Indian EEZ on the west coast.

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While the US aircraft carrier Gerald Ford operates with its strike force from the Mediterranean, another aircraft carrier, the Dwight Eisenhower, is stationed off the Gulf of Aden to deter Houthi ballistic missiles and drones that pose a challenge to commercial shipping in the Red Sea. Although the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian has managed to shoot down Houthi missiles out of the sky, countries like Spain, Italy, France and Japan under its command are working with Chinese warships off the coast of Djibouti and keeping their distance from the full ramifications of the war. Israel’s war on Gaza. The Chinese have three warships deployed off Djibouti, but they have tried to stay away from potential conflict points. However, the Indian Navy is proactively committed to securing sea lanes of communication in the Arabian Sea, having deployed INS Kolkata near Bab al-Mandab point at the mouth of the Red Sea, INS Kochi in the south of Yemen’s Socotra Island, Mormugao in the western Arabian Sea and INS Chennai in the Central Arabian Sea. INS Visakhapatnam was assigned to patrol the North Arabian Sea and left the Indian coast two days ago after an Iranian Shahed 136 munition collided with the chemical tanker MV Chem Pluto 210 nautical miles off Dwarka in Gujarat.

Drone strike on MC Chemo Pluto expands Indian vigil Apart from deterring Iranian proxies from attacking commercial ships, the Indian Navy is also taking action against black shipping and protecting commercial ships from Somali pirates near Socotra Islands. MV Chem Pluto is currently undergoing repairs in Mumbai.

The top five destroyers are currently being refueled by the 25,000 tonne oil tanker MV Swarnmala on charter by the Indian Navy. The civilian tanker has huge fuel and lubricants capacity compared to Indian Navy tankers like INS Deepak. While Indian ships – spread across the EEZ extending up to 200 nautical miles off the coast – dominate the Arabian Sea, its Boeing P8I multirole aircraft coupled with long-endurance unarmed Predator drones are constantly scanning ships at sea. Up to a distance of up to 200 nautical miles. Gulf of Aden to identify suspicious ships and dhows used to target commercial shipping by the Shiite Houthis in Yemen, the Shiite Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq, and Tehran. Iran’s proxies, especially the Shiite Houthi militia, are targeting ships in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea against the war Israel is waging against the Sunni Hamas movement in Gaza. The Iranian-backed Shiite Hezbollah group also opened a front with Israel on its northern border. With the US Navy able to thwart Houthi missile attacks, shipping giant Maersk plans to resume operations through the Red Sea rather than taking a circuitous route via the Cape of Good Hope. Nearly $1 trillion in oil and merchandise trade passes through the Suez Canal annually, and any threat to shipping leads to increased costs of transporting goods and higher insurance premiums for commercial shipping.