Navy establishing high-tech control room to monitor Indian Ocean sea lanes

Through decade-old IONS, India has grown influence in Indian Ocean

Underlining growing acceptance of the Indian Navy’s leadership as a “net security provider” in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), representatives of 28 countries – including 11 naval chiefs – gathered in Kochi on Tuesday to commemorate ten years of the founding of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS).

In 2008, in a foray into military diplomacy, the navy had established IONS as a multinational Indian Ocean platform for coordination on issues such as maritime security, piracy, disaster relief and the unfettered access to commons like the international sea lanes that transit through these waters.

Welcoming IONS delegates to Kochi, navy chief, Admiral