![]() It also involves ‘capability’ as connoted by the quality of personnel, their training and the overall development of the human resource, both in and out of uniform. Such investment involves infrastructure and ‘capacity’ as represented by surface, sub-surface, and airborne combat and combat-supporting platforms (whether these be manned, minimally manned, or unmanned, semi-autonomous or autonomous) and associated equipment. For India, therefore, the sustenance of its rise demands that the country enhance, in significant manner, its investment in all of the various dimensions of maritime power, including the ‘military’ components of India’s maritime power, which are manifested by the Indian Navy. India’s polity appears to be finally coming around to the fact that over the foreseeable future, India will be either be a “maritime” power, or it will not be a power at all. Indeed, the current century and very possibly the next one, too, are very likely to be maritime-centric ones. This is true whether by way of trade, technology and connectivity, or by way of food-security, or in terms of new and clean energy sources, or in dealing with the cumulative impacts of geophysical and anthropomorphic causes of climate change. It is particularly germane to assert that this rise is occurring in an increasingly interconnected world - even if is not entirely a ‘globalised’ one - and that it is largely being shaped by the oceans. It is clear from the available evidence that India is rising - peacefully, responsibly, and with impressive rapidity, even in these pandemic-afflicted times. ![]() The additional fact that this demonstration Indian naval capacity and capability has been made in the Swarnim Vijay Varsh commemorating the 50 th anniversary of the victory of Indian arms against Pakistan in the 1971 conflict that resulted in the creation of Bangladesh, and, given that it has been almost in tandem with India’s record medal haul in the Tokyo Olympics (23 July to 08 August 2021), the voyage of the Vikrant has certainly added to the series of adrenaline spikes and generated a palpable surge of nationalistic pride. On the very next day (09 August 2021) Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, personally chaired a High Level Open Debate at the UN Security Council, on the theme “Enhancing Maritime Security: A case for International Cooperation”, emphatically bringing “Maritime India” to the front and centre of the global maritime discourse and dominating India’s eighth rotational membership of this apex intergovernmental organisation. ![]() “Maritime” is quite clearly the prevailing geopolitical flavour. It is the most powerful task force assembled by any European Navy in almost 20 years.The successful completion of the five-day sea trials (from 04 to 08 August 2021) of the long-delayed indigenous aircraft carrier, the new Vikrant, is a seminal event and one that has been justifiably met with elation and a palpable sense of maritime pride. The full UK Carrier Strike Group assembled for the first time during Group Exercise 2020 on 4th October. The Carrier Strike Group offers Britain choice and flexibility on the global stage, reassuring our friends and allies and presents a powerful deterrent to would-be adversaries. It will also be capable of conducting a range of supporting missions, from maritime security to disaster relief operations. In a practical military sense, the carrier group will not only protect the Queen Elizabeth-class carriers from ship, submarines, aircraft and missile threats. The deployment will allow the UK to spread its message of prosperity and trade and to engage with our allies and partners in a significant way. The UK’s aircraft carrier capability is an essential component of Britain’s global outlook. Read about how the Carrier Strike Group have been training.Read more about the United States’ involvement.This includes a detachment of US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft and the US Navy’s destroyer, USS The Sullivans. This means that the central elements of the strike group have been trained and brought together, including the F35 joint strike fighter operated by the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force.įollowing a joint declaration, the Carrier Strike Group will be complemented by US Marine Corps and US Navy personnel and equipment. ![]() The group - led by HMS Queen Elizabeth - is now at Initial Operating Capability. The UK’s Carrier Strike Group has been declared ready for operations ahead of its first operational deployment this year. ![]()
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