The maritime security strategy is, in effect, a combination of five constituent strategies for attaining corresponding maritime security objectives. Each strategy employs a combination of various doctrinal roles of the Navy, viz. military, diplomatic, constabulary and benign, with their associated objectives, missions and tasks. The various constituents of the strategy describe the range of coordinated and synergized efforts, to maintain and strengthen India’s maritime security.
| Indian Maritime Security Strategy |
| Strategy for Deterrence: Prevention of conflict and coercion against India is the primary purpose of India’s armed forces. The Indian Navy contributed to national deterrence at nuclear and conventional levels, by strengthening the credibility of its military capability, readiness posture and communication of intent. The strategy progressed through development of appropriate force structures and capabilities, conduct of threat assessment and contingency planning, maintenance of strategic situational awareness, maintenance of preparedness and presence, and effective strategic communication. |
| Strategy for Conflict: The strategy is based on the principles of war, with application of force and focus on strategic effect as additional operational principles. It employs Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), networked operations, preparedness, jointness and coordination, and operational tempo, as the main operational enablers. The strategy is centered on various operational actions, which include maritime manoeuvre, maritime strike, sea control, sea denial, Sea lines of Communnications (SLOC) interdiction, SLOC protection, coastal and offshore defence, information warfare, and escalation management. |
| Strategy for Maritime Force and Capability Development: This strategy describes the ways to develop and maintain a combat ready, technology driven, network enabled navy, capable of meeting India’s maritime security needs into the future. |
| Strategy for Coastal and Offshore Security: This strategy describes the ways by which the cooperative framework and coordinative mechanisms for coastal and offshore security will be strengthened and developed, against threat of sub-conventional armed attack and infiltration from the sea. It articulates the coastal and offshore security framework, measures for development of coastal MDA and coastal community participation, mechanisms for coordinating interagency presence, patrol and operational response, cooperative capability development, and focus areas for supporting maritime governance. |
| Strategy for Maritime Force and Capability Development: This strategy describes the ways to develop and maintain a combat ready, technology driven, network enabled navy, capable of meeting India’s maritime security needs into the future. |
