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Didn’t India raise their numbers to regiment size?

Indian Marine Commandos to rule high seas

JOSY JOSEPH

INDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2004 09:27:32 AM ]

NEW DELHI: Indian Navy is all set to raise nation’s most advanced commando training facility for amphibious operations in Goa.

The services of the proposed special operations school will be utilised to raise a regiment of Marine Commandos (Marcos) capable of carrying out surgical operations, especially in high seas where terrorist threat is very high.

The Marcos School will be set up in the Naval Academy in Goa, which in turn will be shifted to Kerala by 2006.

The Navy’s plan is to set up a full-fledged school for special operations on the lines of international schools in the West for marine commandos.

The new school will draw heavily from the Army’s Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School (CIJWS) in Warangte, Mizoram.

The CIJWS itself is a renowned institution, set on a crooked mountain stretch with thick jungles. It is a favourite among several foreign Armies, including the US Army.

“We would have several facilities that are there in the Jungle Warfare School. However our focus would be to create the perfect Marine Commandos, so much more components would be brought in especially for operations in water bodies including seas,” a senior navy source said.

The source said the school for Marine Commando would be set up in the present Naval Academy in Goa after detailed upgrade of the facility there.

The Naval Academy is being shifted to Ezhimala in northern Kerala where a new modern campus for training navy’s future officers is nearing completion.

The first batch at the new Naval Academy in Kerala would begin training in a year-and-a-half. And in two years from now the new Naval Academy would be functional full-fledged in Kerala.

When the Naval Academy shifts out of its existing location, the Naval War College at Karanja would also shift to the Goa facility.

Naval sources say the decision to raise a full-fledged regiment of Marcos was prompted by the alarm over the possibility of sea-borne terrorist attacks.

The sea-borne threat is much higher in areas such as Palk and Malacca Straits where India has strategic interests and numerous shipping vessels pass routinely.

All major terrorist organisations such as LTTE and al-Qaeda have significant presence in the sea, and almost 90 per cent of India’s foreign trade is carried via sea.

Flogger,
Many nations would most certainly disagree that Brazil is the true leader of S. A., though it may be the largest, and would very much disagree about the notion of Brazil’s leadership role. There are bitter political disputes and rivalries among the leading Latin American powers, and this prevents L. A. in acting in a unified manner. I more see the rise of these economic blocs as South America as an example of globalization of the economy, and not a ‘rejection’ of the idea of the Monroe Doctrine, it may be formed to undercut American economic influence in the region.

I don’t see a unified South American nation in the near future. As Brazil continues to grow in power, and neighboring nations as well, there will be natural increase in rivalries, though their economic ties will be more facilitaed. There was too much cultural and ideological differences for Latin American countries to stay together following Gran Colombia and RFC, and after nearly a 100 years of nationalism, rivalry and wars, I am not optimisitc in seeing that within my lifetime.

Baron David,
Name one country that hasn’t acted in the fullest possible matter (strategically speaking) to secure its own interests, and I’ll show you a hypocrite. One can gush and grin in rhetoric about imperialism, but the fact of the matter is all countries force their presence outward to the best of their ability. If you don’t understand the definition of ‘imperialism’, ‘democracy’ and whatever self-redefined buzzwards you wish to throw out at me, than it really is not my bloody problem.

Now what country is it that you hail from?

Humm please tell us about democracy and human rights after this one…

Pardon? Nothing about that doctrine goes against democracy or human rights :rolleyes:

It is simply a gameplan wherein America will secure its own fundamental strategic interests. Every nation does it. I don’t understand this visceral anti-Americanism.

Blackcat,
And China is equally guilty of the same — more, really, when you consider the nuclear proliferation — when it does the same using Pakistan against India. Are these ‘family problems?’ It is the nature of geopolitics. Unlike China, America, like India, is unrestrained in its force projection capabilities due to lack of credible hostile littoral states. It is natural this force projection will go as far outward as possible before encountering resistance — America to the S. China sea, India to the borders of the IOR.

China can only go as far as Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, before getting stopped. This involvement in Latin America is political and ecnomic, not military. China will have to blow past multi layered pickets of Japan, Oceana, Hawaii, etc. before it can militarily threaten America. However, it can threaten America’s interests through arms sales. This is what I am referring to in the application of the Monroe Doctrine to thwart.

I wouldn’t completely discount American military involvement if things get real hot, or if China continues to escalate military relations with Latin America.

The Monroe doctrine, basically saying that L.Am. is America’s back yard — stay out of it, has been a cornerstone of foreign policy for almost 200 ys. Keeping Latin America friendly to the US is a fundamental policy, and just like it was an important instrument to keep the Europeans out, and I suspect in the future, it will be referred to to keep the Chinese or whoever out as well, when push comes to shove.

To us Brazilians the choice of ou ERJ-145 as a future IAF AWACS platform sounds strange when the radar its integrated to the Ericsson ERIEYE is beeing supplied to Pakistan at the same time

From what I understand, the ERJ-145 is simply a platform. The radar would be Indian

Awesome pics Harry, as usual

When can we expect the ACIG article to come out? 🙂

BANGALORE, INDIA: Indian Army commandos slither down a rope from an overhead helicopter at the Yehlanka airforce base on the outskirts of Bangalore 06 February 2005 during a practice flypast drill ahead of the upcoming Aero India 2005 aerospace show. Over 300 foreign and Indian defence equipment firms including 176 international armament majors from 18 countries have confirmed participation in the Aero India 2005 airshow starting from 09 February. The five day long biennial air-show billed as on of Asia’s largest aero events with the largest ever presence by American companies, will see some of the biggest names in aerospace industry like Boeing Corp, Lockheed Martin, Dassault, and Sukhoi Design Bureau. AFP PHOTO/INDRANIL MUKHERJEE (Photo credit should read INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)