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Aims to improve anti-piracy operations in the Arabian Sea India Wednesday added a new warship to its fleet with the commissioning of a fast attack craft here that can aid in anti-piracy operations in the Arabian Sea.The craft, INS Kabra, is named after an island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago.Southern Naval Command Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Vice Admiral K.N. Sushil unveiled the commissioning pendant of the warship, with the commissioning warrant signed by navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma being read out. The naval ensign and the national flag were hoisted on board INS Kabra.Vice Admiral Sushil underscored the importance of relatively smaller ships like fast attack craft for a blue water navy, saying the assets were an essential inventory in peacetime for low intensity conflicts and anti-piracy operations.Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) have built the fast attack craft for the navy.GRSE chairman and managing director Rear Admiral (retired) K.C. Shekar, in his address, said INS Kabra is a cost-effective and fuel-efficient platform. He added that certain modifications from the original design of these fast attack craft had been carried out based on inputs from the navy.INS Kabra, like INS Kalpeni which joined Southern Naval Command in October last ...

Maritime security and anti-piracy operations are high priority missions of the Indian Navy The Naval Commanders Conference for 2011 started at New Delhi . Over the next four days Commanders of the Indian Navy will discuss issues of operational relevance and future plans of the Indian Navy.This biannual forum also provides an opportunity for the Chief of the NavalStaff to examine the operational readiness of the Indian Navy, assess the progress made in key projects and initiate functional, organisational and administrative steps necessary to further enhance the Indian Navy's readiness for current and emerging challenges.Speaking on the subject of operational readiness, he pointed out "with the security situation being fluid, we need to maintain the organisational ability to deploy ships, submarines and aircraft at 'immediate' notice". He also acknowledged the yeomen efforts put in by all naval personnel as they spent longer hours at work and many more days at sea owing to the increasing demands of maritime security.He drew the attention of the Commanders to the fact that maintainence of war fighting abilities remains as the top most priority despite the fact that we have a large number of peacetime commitments at hand.Talking about Coastal Security, the CNS commended ...