“Post Galwan Indian Naval Deployments Were Swift and Strong”

NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist’, Vice Admiral M.S. Pawar(Retd), Former Deputy Chief of Naval Staff in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi.

Watch this wide-ranging, comprehensive interview, in which Admiral Pawar discusses post Galwan deployments at sea and the message sent to China, Xi Jinping’s Global Security Initiative(GSI), the Navy’s force multipliers, P8-Is, Sea Guardians, the PLA Navy and Indian Navy’s philosophies, skillsets, capabilities and vessel building, the strategic importance of the Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands, bilateral and multilateral exercises, the Navy in the north western Indian Ocean Region, Combined Task Forces and India’s observer status, fighting terrorism, drug running, and piracy, Indo-Pacific, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Maldives, Seychelles, Gulf, Malacca straits, choke points and the Navy’s operational stretch.