AFOVA New Letter 2 of Year 2021

Section 7 – Panorama CV 2 No. 02 / 2021 Page 237 of 332 Indian Navy @50 Past 1971 Today Indian Navy’s ships and aircraft are present in every part of the Indian Ocean, watching the goings on, and staying ready, for both combat, and cooperation. This is as per the Navy’s current doctrine of being ‘mission deployed and combat ready’. India even has her indigenous SSBNs prowling the oceans as the most unassailable element of the nuclear triad. All this has been made possible because today we have robust ships, submarines and aircraft, manned by well trained and motivated personnel full of confidence and commitment. As we now expand our capabilities into new frontiers of conflict, like Cyber, Space and Information, we owe a lot to the impetus given by the victory of 1971. Fifty years later, we have enough reasons to be proud. About the Author Commodore G Prakash, Nau Sena Medal, (Retd), served the Indian Navy for 35 years. A specialist in Aviation and ASW, he has commanded three ships and four shore establishments. He has been speaking and writing on a variety of subjects, including Military/ Strategic affairs, Military History, Strategy and Leadership for long. He is currently a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Defence Research and Studies (DRaS), a Kochi based think tank that specialises in military affairs.