Admiral R. Hari Kumar, the Chief of Naval Staff, said on Wednesday that the Indian Navy is fighting piracy in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) with all its might and has sent more boats to the area.
He told the reporters at INS Shivaji that the anti-piracy act has helped the Navy. This was after the opening of a CO2 based air conditioning plant that was built in-house with help from IISc Bangalore.
A questioner asked Kumar about the two operations that the Indian Navy is running in the IOR. He said that one of them is an operation to fight pirates.
“The operation against piracy has been going on since 2008, and herd ships are always being sent out to fight piracy.” Pirates are scared off by the sight of warships. Last year, we thought piracy was almost over, but not long ago, an Indian ship and its crew were taken hostage. “We’ve sent more people and are now going after them very hard,” the Navy chief said.
When asked about the push for “Atmanirbharta,” or self-reliance in defense buying, Kumar said that many different types of work are being done on the “indigenization” front.
“I promised the leaders of the country that the Indian Navy will be completely Atmanirbhar by 2047, when we hope to be a developed country.” That’s the goal we’ve set for ourselves. We promised to do this, and we are working toward it. “This means that most of our platforms will be made in India,” he said.
