Dark Ship Detection in the Indian Ocean Region
Dr. (Cdr.) Arnab Das
Founder and Director, MRC, Pune
Dark Ship Detection in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)
The Indian Ocean Region (IOR), is gaining strategic relevance in the 21st century with more and more extra-regional powers maintaining strategic presence in the region. The political instability in the IOR, is also ensuring security concerns and particularly the state and non-state actors being equally active and at times in cahoots, ensuring a deadly cocktail for maritime forces to counter. The state-of-the-art underwater technology available even with the subversive elements is a matter of serious concern and the security establishment needs to up the ante to always remain on top of the game.
"The rising submarine proliferation in the IOR, is one dimension that demands serious consideration by our security establishment and cannot be countered by conventional means."
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Dr. (Cdr.) Arnab Das
Founder and Director, MRC, Pune
Dr (Cdr) Arnab Das, Director and Founder of MRC, Pune. Dr Das is an ex Naval officer with 2 decades of active services and PhD holder from IIT Delhi with specialization in Underwater Acoustics. He has worked on several projects and has a plethora of publications to his credit.