Navy vs Pirates Of The Arabian: Inside India's Daring Red Sea Missions
NDTV
The Navy has been responding to the manifestation of the Israel-Hamas conflict in the maritime domain, especially in the Red Sea corridor - one of the world's busiest cargo and oil transit points - since December 2023.
The Indian Navy carried out 18 rescue ops in the Arabian Sea since mid-December under its Operation Sankalp, launched after attacks on merchant ships in the Gulf of Oman in June 2019.
The Navy has been responding to the manifestation of the Israel-Hamas conflict in the maritime domain, especially in the Red Sea corridor - one of the world's busiest cargo and oil transit points - since December 2023.
The Navy responded to at least 18 incidents between December 2023 and March 2024 and played a pivotal role as the "first responder" and the "preferred security partner" in the Indian Ocean Region, it said in a statement. During this period, the Navy came to the aid of several nations as the menace of pirate attacks in this major trade route was compounded by drone and missile strikes.
