In an expansion of its Mission Based Deployments (MBD) in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), the Navy deployed its P-8I long-range maritime surveillance aircraft for anti-piracy sorties from Salalah in Oman to patrol the Gulf of Aden.
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The geo-strategic importance of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has seen a gradual increase in the recent past. Indian Navy regularly deploys ships for Presence and Surveillance Missions (PSM), off critical choke points / sea lanes in the IOR.
Since August 2017, Indian Navy deployments in the IOR have been further structured under the Mission Based Deployment (MBD) concept.
Under MBD concept, In addition to the anti-piracy deployment, IN ships were also Mission Deployed for
Operation ‘GULFDEP’ in the Persian Gulf,
Operation ‘CENTDEP’ in the central Indian Ocean Region,
Operation ‘NORDEP’ in the northern Bay of Bengal and
Operation ‘MALDEP’ in the Andaman Sea and approaches to the Malacca Strait.
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