India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)

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Manish_P wrote:How may days before we see some PILs being filed in the court (Kerala HC of course), about the potential damage to the sensitive ecology from this indulgence for the rich & bourgeois classes. Can almost hear the lines to Greta T buzzing with activity.
The Lakshadweep related drama in Kerala have now died down completely. The administrator of Lakshadweep Islands have not been changed. Did not see any major change on the policies he planned to implement. So looks like there were actions taken at the back stage without any media glare. The Jehadi sponsored Malayalam news media also seems to have now gone silent.
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Good to note that.

However the silence seems a bit ominous to me. It seems the jihadis are lying low or being more careful.

We need to speed up our initiatives and clean out the nests with even more assertiveness and speed.
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India should use its island territories as aircraft carrier
NEW DELHI: To ramp up the country’s security ring in the Indian Ocean in the backdrop of worrisome Chinese activities, India should utilise its island territories and use the peninsular mainland territory to its optimum, says a senior government official.

Commenting on the third aircraft carrier for Indian Navy, the official said: “India should develop its island territory as an unsinkable aircraft carrier and also use the peninsular landmass jutting into the Indian Ocean to its advantage.”

On the Chinese threat in the Indian Ocean with a possible deployment of its aircraft carrier in the future, the official said China has other areas which need focus. “The Chinese have other priorities such as Taiwan and Japan before they can come to Indian Ocean. And if they try to deploy a carrier, we are capable enough to handle them, he added.

The Indian Navy has been pitching for the third aircraft carrier for long. The logic put across is that the country should have at least two active carriers at any given time. In such a case availability of three aircraft carriers will give options of deploying one each on the eastern and western seaboard and the third can be put to the maintenance and repair cycle.

China has been constructing aircraft carriers at a fast pace with a projected plan to operate 10 carriers by 2050. At present their third and most advanced aircraft carrier is being built with the first one, Liaoning, being commissioned in 2012 and second, Shandong, ready in 2019.
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Mean while another 'major blow to secularism' (a.k.a Islamisation) :lol:.
Kerala High Court Dismisses Pleas Challenging Lakshadweep Administration's Decision To Remove Meat From Mid Day Meals, Close Dairy Farms
The biggest whiners and protestors were the peacefool community of Kerala (aid and abetteded by commies) who were making this a religious issue.
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Sachin wrote:
Manish_P wrote:How may days before we see some PILs being filed in the court (Kerala HC of course), about the potential damage to the sensitive ecology from this indulgence for the rich & bourgeois classes. Can almost hear the lines to Greta T buzzing with activity.
The Lakshadweep related drama in Kerala have now died down completely. The administrator of Lakshadweep Islands have not been changed. Did not see any major change on the policies he planned to implement. So looks like there were actions taken at the back stage without any media glare. The Jehadi sponsored Malayalam news media also seems to have now gone silent.

The spate of drug arrests and huge drug seizures on mainland India along with weapons have become common knowledge in KER

Weapon smuggling and human trafficking along with the confessions of captured foreign smugglers where they have admitted to using many of the uninhabited islands to store and supply weapons to entities on the mainland have simply knocked the very bottom out of all the jehadi arguments and the violations of "human rights" cries about the minorities being targeted.

It is increasingly obvious that these are longstanding and insidious foreign operations with nefarious anti national agendas that have been unearthed rather late in the day and it looks like the cover of the desert cult congis and commies for these offshore efforts is beginning to unravel.

Many of the higher profile arrests in this matter have even not made it to the papers and it looks like some KER cops are also hand in glove.

The KER govt's complexity and one gelf embassy-related gold smuggling cases have triggered the larger investigation leading to the unearthing of huge foreign involvement and consequently, the islands have been locked down and sanitized.
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Union Minister Amit Shah Visits Cellular Jail In Port Blair, Pays Tribute To Veer Savarkar
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India's Preparedness at Andaman & Nicobar; Watch how India's Most Strategic IAF Base Works

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Why do Indian television reports have five different chyrons scrolling, flashing and meaningless graphics? This is a request for gyan.

Unwatchable.
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+1116
And don't get me started on the earth shattering sound track and hysteric high pitch anchors who make a ton of the most elementary mistakes of grammar and pronunciation in Indian languages as well as English. As chaotic as our road traffic.

I'll take waterboarding all day instead of half hour of infinite looping news on Desi TV news channels.

We are like this onlee... :D
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Forces hold synergistic exercise to prepare for China challenge


From: The Pioneer
Honing their operational readiness to meet any challenge from China, the three forces and more than 3,000 elite para commandos and Special Forces are carrying out a combined exercise in the strategically-important Andaman and Nicobar islands.

This multi-domain exercise is taking place weeks after the three services carried out similar drills along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh and the Line of Control (LoC) facing Pakistan in Jammu & Kashmir.

This multi-domain exercise is taking place weeks after the three services carried out similar drills along the LAC in Ladakh and the LOC facing Pakistan in Jammu & Kashmir.

Giving details of the current exercise, sources said here on Wednesday the exercise is currently in progress at the Nicobar group of islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

As part of the exercise, troops of the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force were mobilised for amphibious landing, in close coordination with the para drop of airborne troops.

Amphibious landing involves the ground troops landing at the seashore from the ships under covering fire from the warships and aircraft.

The rapid response capability of Shatrujeet Brigade has validated wherein the paratroopers who had moved from mainland executed airborne drop in an island territory of Andamans in a realistic tactical setting under the overall command and control of Andaman and Nicobar Command, the only joint services operational command of the defence forces of India.

Lt General Ajai Singh, Commander-in-Chief Andaman Nicobar Command, witnessed the Airborne Exercise and complimented the paratroopers for their battle readiness.

The exercise saw the transport planes para dropping light tanks and assault vehicles along with the troops. The Shatrujeet Brigade had earlier participated in the same exercise at the LAC and LOC.

The Andamans is very important for Indian interests as most of the sea lanes ferrying Indian imports and exports pass through them close to the Islands. India has to ensure that trade takes place unhindered.

Moreover, China is increasingly flexing its maritime muscle in the region and the Indian security establishment is keen to test all its equipment and troops to meet any threat, they said.

Over the years India has developed vast infrastructure there including airbases with the capability of launching front-line fighter jets including SU-30s, Mirage, and Jaguars. These bases have manifold increased the strategic reach of the Indian forces to meet any challenge in the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal.

This series of exercises is also an effort to validate the doctrine of fighting the war jointly in perfect coordination and achieve the military objective in the shortest possible time. Similar exercise at some other strategically important places may take place in the coming weeks, sources added.
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Lakshadweep decides to discontinue with Friday holidays in schools.
A major blow to secularism Again!. Looks like Lakshadweep islands were very much Shariah compliant when it comes to school working days, and the school had Fridays as holidays. Again a decision taken years ago purely based on religious demographics in the Island. Now that practise has also been ended.
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Andaman & Nicobar Command Celebrates Republic Day
A ceremonial parade was conducted to commemorate 73rd Republic Day on 26 Jan 2022 at Netaji Stadium, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The parade was reviewed by Lieutenant Governor Admiral DK Joshi (Retd) Chief Guest for the parade of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The parade was led by Lt Cdr Sandeep R of the Indian Navy comprising of contingents from Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and A&N Police.
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Andaman and Nicobar Command inducts indigenous ALH Dhruv choppers
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): In a boost to maritime security, the indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK III aircraft was formally inducted at INS Utkrosh by Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) chief Lieutenant General Ajai Singh at Port Blair on Friday.
The aircraft were ceremonially welcomed into ANC with a traditional water cannon salute.
The induction marks a continuing increase in the capabilities of the Andaman and Nicobar Command in the past two decades of its raising as India’s only joint theatre command.
The ALH MK III aircraft is manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and represents a tremendous leap towards self-reliance in the field of military aircraft, in line with the government’s push towards ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.
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Till date, over 300 of these aircraft have been delivered by HAL and are being flown by the Armed Forces. Amongst its variants, the MK III variant is a maritime role variant encompassing state-of-the-art sensors and weapons that add punch to India’s prowess at sea.
The ALH MK III aircraft with its glass cockpit, Shakti engines, advanced Maritime Patrol Radar, Electro-optical payload and Night Vision Device will act as a force multiplier in keeping India’s far eastern seaboard and Island territories safe. The state-of-the-art aircraft has multirole capabilities including maritime surveillance, support for Special Forces, medical evacuations besides search and rescue roles.
Speaking on the occasion, Lt General Ajai Singh termed the induction as a boost to the security of Andaman and Nicobar.
He added that the induction is a symbol of the country’s resolve of being self-reliant in its security and maintaining peace in this region. (ANI)
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The Defenders: Tri service - Andaman & Nicobar Command | 29 January, 2022
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Heavy rains lash Andaman & Nicobar, UT braces for cyclone 'Asani'
The depression over the north Andaman Sea intensified into a deep depression, moving north-northeastwards at a speed of 12 km per hour, it said.

The weather system, which lay about 110 km east-southeast of Port Blair on Andaman Islands, is expected to further intensify into a cyclone by Monday evening, the IMD said.

"It is likely to move nearly northwards along and off Andaman Islands towards the Myanmar coast during the next 48 hours," it said in a bulletin.

People living in low-lying and flood-prone areas in the archipelago have been evacuated and housed in temporary relief camps in North and Middle Andaman and South Andaman districts, officials said.

Inter-island ferry services as well as shipping services with Chennai and Visakhapatnam have been stopped, and all educational institutions closed in the wake of the inclement weather, they said.

Around 150 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed and six relief camps opened in various parts of the islands, the officials said.
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Rajnath Singh hails Navy for ‘visible, credible responsive presence’ in Indian Ocean Region
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Highlighting Indian Navy’s contribution to India’s maritime security, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday hailed the naval forces for the visible, credible and responsive presence in the Indian Ocean Region.
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From: KYODO NEWS
FOCUS: Japan aid for Indian islets carries China "strategic overtone"
Japan's planned development aid for India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands carries a "geostrategic overtone," with some security experts saying it is part of initiatives to keep an increasingly assertive China in check.

The 4.02 billion yen ($31 million) in aid comes as Japan and India have been promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific in coordination with the United States and Australia, the four regional democracies collectively known as the Quad.

It marks the first time that India has accepted foreign assistance for development on the islands in the strategically important Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean, reflecting deepening ties between New Delhi and Tokyo.

The islets are the only area in India with naval, air and ground forces intended to deter China, a neighboring giant with which the South Asian country is involved in several territorial disputes.

"If an armed conflict breaks out in the South China Sea, and if the U.S. and by default Japan get involved, the Andaman and Nicobar potentially can play a crucial role," said G.V.C. Naidu, a professor of Indo-Pacific affairs at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

China has overlapping claims with Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam in the South China Sea, one of the potential flashpoints in the Indo-Pacific.

"The rim region of the Bay of Bengal is also one of the fastest-growing subregions in the Indo-Pacific," prompting India to pay "a lot more attention," to the maritime sphere and the islands, Naidu said in an email.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency inked the deal with the Indian government on March 30 to "reduce the dependence of the islands on diesel generation systems and utilize the power generated from renewable energy sources."

JICA said storage batteries will be installed by February 2024 in South Andaman to stabilize the power supply, contributing to India's plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070.

The aid is also expected to help boost tourism, which is the archipelago's largest industry.

Analysts say that once infrastructure is developed, India and other naval forces could use the facilities to conduct the Malabar exercises in the Indian Ocean involving the four Quad members.

"The development of the islands' infrastructure will facilitate the participation of navies in Malabar, not just Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force," said Leszek Buszynski, an honorary professor of strategic and defense studies at the Australian National University.

Buszynski said China has criticized the Malabar exercises and Beijing is "sensitive to any expansion of the MSDF's area of operations," particularly in the South China Sea.

Ron Huisken, an adjunct associate professor at ANU's Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, said China's strategic priorities include avoiding the vulnerability of economic or military dependence on access to the Strait of Malacca, close to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Given that most of China's crude oil imports are transported through the strait, Beijing wants to ensure that "no other major power has secure access" to the waterway, Huisken said.

Japan's development aid to the islands comes after Tokyo and New Delhi signed an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement in September 2020, a move some speculate could provide Japanese warships with access to the islands and provide India access to Japan's facilities in Djibouti and elsewhere.

The ACSA enables the Self-Defense Forces and the Indian Armed Forces to provide each other with supplies and services, including food, fuel and spare parts as well as transportation. It also allows use of each side's facilities during joint exercises and U.N. peacekeeping operations.

The Indian Navy has been hosting a multilateral naval exercise at Port Blair, the headquarters of the Andaman and Nicobar Command, which is the only event of its kind in the entire Indo-Pacific.

"Both in scope and degree, these interactions are getting scaled up gradually," making the islands and their development relevant, all the more as the Indian economy expands and its trade grows, according to JNU's Naidu.

"No question, the investment has geostrategic overtone," he said.
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From Swarajya:

Indian 'Military Base' In Agalega: New Satellite Imagery Shows Hangars Large Enough To House Navy's Submarine Hunting P-8I Aircraft
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India is building military infrastructure on Mauritius' Agalega Island to increase its presence in the western Indian Ocean.

Over the last few years, a 10,000-foot runway and a jetty have been constructed on the island, which is located over 1,100 kilometre north of the main island of Mauritius.
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Now, satellite imagery dated 20 April 2022 shows hangars large enough to house the Indian Navy's P-8I submarine-hunting aircraft are under construction next to the newly-built runway.

The hangars "measure 180 feet long and 200 feet wide — big enough to house large military aircraft such as India's P-8I Poseidon, which measures 123 in length and has a wingspan of 126 feet," the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative of the Washington DC-based Center for Strategic and International Studies has reported.
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Another report on Greater Nicobar Development Plan


https://ejatlas.org/conflict/great-nico ... pment-plan
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The necessity of the QUAD is making the west backed green lobby keep quiet? Will the Chinese get their Asian poodles to start barking.
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Protesters Attack India Embassy Yoga Event In Maldives
Male: Police in the Maldives used tear gas and pepper spray to control a crowd of people who disrupted a yoga event organised by the Indian High Commission, or embassy, in the capital Male on Tuesday morning, an organiser said.

The crowd stormed a stadium where more than 150 people, including diplomats and government officers, were taking part in an event celebrating International Day of Yoga, attacking participants and vandalising the property, one of the organisers, who did not want to be named because he was not authorised to speak with the media, told Reuters.

Earlier, the protesters brandished placards proclaiming that yoga was against the tenets of Islam.
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Potential for discovery of large quantities of Oil & Gas in Andaman & Nicobar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4_z5Lc8vnQ
Finally Modi Government is going to discover the wonders of Andamans
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Kit and g.sarkarn I think you ware looking for this thread please post your topics on this thread
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Thank you Sir.
Unfortunately, most articles that I find on the internet on A&N development plans show a bias against development showing environment concerns. Clearly, there are active interests that do not want India to develop these areas. I will make a deeper search and see what I can post.
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Developing A&N for military needs is required due to its location.

But Dubai+Singapore there is absurd. Small islands benefit from proximity to prosperous (hence importing and consuming) or agri/mfg/resources rich ( hence exporting) main land because they are the basis of ensuing commerce. Some such islands allow deep water access if the continental shelf drops away sharply thus enabling docking of large ships that need a lot of drought, without needing to dredge the channels. But that's only part of the story.

Container trans-shipment in the middle of nowhere means fuel, amenities, personnel etc required for such activity must be brought to Great Nicobar from Chennai, Vizag etc. Where will the waste generated by such activity be processed ? Ship it back to peninsular India? All this will make docking there economically unviable unless you can generate lot of spending by maritime visitors. So let's add casinos, brothels and opium dens as well?! :P
Even with all that there are competing port cities in the area.

Ships pollute seas enormously, often illegally near the coasts and ports. Hard to detect and prevent. Accidents and oil spills will be an ecological disaster.

I'm no rabid green but this idea sounds terrible to me. There is a priceless treasure of some unique flora and fauna on those islands and in the surrounding seas that must be preserved. That's also our Dharma.
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Cyranoji,
I think we are still using Sri Lankan ports for trans-shipment as they are historically cheaper and more efficient. Port of Columbo is the most active port in this respect. Also, because there was a political will to help them out. I think current political/economic situation has changed, with China coming into action. India must do it alone now. As the export-import from/to India increases, we should not rely on Sri Lanka anymore.
Now, if you look at the path of ships moving in this area, you will see that A&N islands fall on that path that has Columbo on the West and Singapore on the East. I am sure the feasibility of such ports have been studied. The issues of flora and fauna always comes when a project of strategic importance comes up for India and agitation starts. Such is never the case for Western countries and China. Uranium mining, atomic power generation etc., come to mind. Environmental protection does not preclude development. As there is hardly any local population, I do not see prolonged agitation against development, though there may be protests in the mainland. With Modiji, there is political will in this case and I expect that things will move quietly, with little publicity. A large Indian navy presence, with lots of economic activity is needed to deter the Chinese.
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https://www.rediff.com/news/report/nico ... 220921.htm
Nicobar to lose 8.5 lakh rainforest trees for mega project
PTI, September 21, 2022

The Union environment ministry's expert appraisal committee has given its nod for the development of a strategically-crucial, multi-component mega project in the Great Nicobar Island which will involve felling of around 8.5 lakh trees in pristine rainforests, loss of 12 to 20 hectares of mangrove cover and considerable coral translocation.
The project involves development of a military-civil, dual-use airport; international container trans-shipment terminal; a gas, diesel, and solar-based power plant, and a township.
The expert appraisal committee recommend granting environmental and coastal regulatory zone clearance to the project in a meeting on August 22-23.
According to a Union home ministry letter dated March 30 to the environment ministry, the airport proposed at Gandhi Nagar-Shastri Nagar area would be a joint military-civil, dual-use airport, under the operational control of the Indian Navy.
"This project is for defence, strategic, national security, and public purposes. In view of this, the portion of deliberation made for the airport component may not be made public," it said.
The Great Nicobar Island, which is the southernmost part of the Indian territory, is one of the most strategically important areas.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands provide India a commanding geostrategic presence in the Bay of Bengal and access to South and Southeast Asia.
The project is likely to affect 1,761 people, including the indigenous Shompen and Nicobarese communities. The island is home to rare flora and fauna including the leatherback sea turtles, Nicobar megapode -- a flightless bird endemic to the Nicobar islands; Nicobar Macaque and saltwater crocodiles.
The project site is within a 10 km radius of the Galathea Bay National Park and the Campbell Bay National Park but is outside the ecologically-sensitive zone notified around the two national parks.
Three premier institutes -- Zoological Survey of India, Wildlife Institute of India and Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History -- provided scientific inputs to the EAC on the impact of the project on the flora and fauna of the GNI.
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Why cant we build a transshipment port on TN/KL coast? This project isn't worth the environmental damage IMHO.
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Cyrano wrote:Why cant we build a transshipment port on TN/KL coast?
The story of Vizhinjam port in Kerala will give you the reasons for avoiding TN/KL coast 8). There is a strong evangelical X'ian lobby who is active in the coastal belt. State governments are not in a position to oppose them mainly because of 'secular' vote bank issues.
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Sachin wrote:
Cyrano wrote:Why cant we build a transshipment port on TN/KL coast?
The story of Vizhinjam port in Kerala will give you the reasons for avoiding TN/KL coast 8). There is a strong evangelical X'ian lobby who is active in the coastal belt. State governments are not in a position to oppose them mainly because of 'secular' vote bank issues.
This seems to be quite active as we speak, mainly by x tian "missionaries"..blocking traffic etc and generally trying to be a nuisance
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Cyrano wrote:Why cant we build a transshipment port on TN/KL coast? This project isn't worth the environmental damage IMHO.
Maybe it makes practical sense, the erstwhile princely states of travancore kozhikode.etc were maritime powers. The potential is immense, countries would die for the kind of ports that can be made both coast lines ... immense opportunities for trade and trans shipment container terminals ,
As if inimical powers realised this, both states especially kerala have been limited to basic economies.

Needs a decisive change in political climate for a meaningful change in direction of its economy. KE economy is hand to mouth and each political party competes with its predecessor in the quantum of loans taken to run the state.
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-Finally India wakes up to the importance of Lakshadweep
-Govt is planning a 2500-metre-long airstrip at Minicoy
-Large Indian Navy & Indian Air Force aircraft will be able to operate
-I had suggested 2 airfields with missile, surveillance & MARCOS units
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Re: India’s Ocean Territories (Andaman Nicobar & Lakshadweep)

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Vinodji
There was some news about Cocos(Keeling) and RAAF upgrading the runway for Poseidon to land. It is on the eastern end almost same lat as Agalega
If and when QUAD becomes a Military alliance then its a quadrilateral cover of IO Minicoy north, Agalega west, Cocos East and DC bang in the middle.
And Andaman/Nicobar covering the entrance to Malacca Straits
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Rsatchi ji, You mean DG (Diego Garcia) right? Just checked the map. Maldives is also very important so is Mauritius.
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G20 event: Heads of foreign missions perform Yoga at beach in Andaman and Nicobar islands
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) : Heads of mission and delegates of other international organizations on Saturday performed Yoga at one of the beaches in Andaman and Nicobar islands, as part of the G20 curtain raiser events
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Over 40 mission heads and international on Friday reached the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for the G20 curtain raiser. The delegates took a tour of the Cellular Jail where author and ide...

Read more at: https://organiser.org/2022/11/26/99819/ ... r-islands/
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VinodTK wrote:G20 event: Heads of foreign missions perform Yoga at beach in Andaman and Nicobar islands
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) : Heads of mission and delegates of other international organizations on Saturday performed Yoga at one of the beaches in Andaman and Nicobar islands, as part of the G20 curtain raiser events
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Over 40 mission heads and international on Friday reached the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for the G20 curtain raiser. The delegates took a tour of the Cellular Jail where author and ide...

Read more at: https://organiser.org/2022/11/26/99819/ ... r-islands/
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Sirji,

Savarkar goes international, and one of pappu's main anti Hindu talking points has been called into serious queschun
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From DNA
India test-fires anti-ship version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Andaman Nicobar Islands
India on Tuesday test-fired the anti-ship version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory, news agency ANI quoted sources as saying.

The test was conducted as part of the trials being conducted by the Indian Navy, the sources added.

A land-attack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was also successfully test-fired from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory last week.

"The test was conducted by the Indian Army which has many regiments of the Defence Research and Development Organisation-developed Missile system. The strike range of BrahMos missile has now been enhanced to over 400 km," sources said.

The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is the world's fastest operational system in its class. The DRDO recently extended the range of the missile system from the existing 298 km to around 450 km.

Last week, the Indian Army successfully test-fired a land-attack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory, news agency ANI reported.

The supersonic cruise missile was test-fired at 10 am on November 24 and it successfully hit its target, which was on another island, the report added.
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