Indian Navy commences `Sea Vigil 2019` |
The Indian Navy along with the Coast Guard of India has commenced the `Sea Vigil 2019.` After the attacks of 26/11 Indian Navy and coast guard have taken every step to ensure that nothing escapes from their eyes off the indian coastline. Sea Vigil 2019 will be the biggest coastal defence exercice jointly undertaken by the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard. The aim of this exercise is to review the country`s maritime preparedness against any attack or attempt of intrusion through sea. Codenamed “Sea Vigil 2019”, will be a two-day exercise and cover the entire 7,516.6 km coastline and Exclusive Economic Zone of the country. Teams of different agencies have been deployed in all coastal districts to undertake security audit of vulnerable locations such as fish-landing centres, intermediate ports, lighthouses, coastal police stations, control rooms and operations centres, a defence statement said. Nearly 150 ships, 40 aircraft and a number of other strategic assets of the Navy and Coast Guard have been deployed for the exercises. Navy spokesperson Captain DK Sharma said that “This exercise aims to comprehensively and holistically validate the efficacy of the measures taken since the Mumbai terror attack.
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