Yes, the Indian Navy is very optimistic about IAC-2. The Chinese assert that the Indian Ocean can’t be India’s Ocean. How prepared is the Navy to counter the Chinese challenge in the Indian Ocean Region? The gradual increase in presence of extra-regional maritime forces in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is being monitored very closely. We have been closely monitoring the pattern and periodicity of extra-regional submarine deployments in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).

Source: Indian Express December 01, 2017 23:00 UTC