"As far as People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy ships and submarines are concerned, the Indian Navy keeps a close eye and monitor their movements. We have maritime domain awareness of the deployment of PLA naval forces in the Indian Ocean region (IOR). They had started deployment of their submarines from 2012," he said.The Navy also termed as "bogus" the claims made by Pakistan that an Indian submarine had entered into its territorial waters. "There waswhere the Pakistani Navy is claiming it to be. As far as repelling a submarine of any nation goes, it is not an easy task and the claim made by Pakistani Navy is totally bogus.

Source: Times of India December 02, 2016 13:33 UTC