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Three-day Naval Commanders Conference (NCC) recently held
Part of: GS-Prelims and GS-III – Security
In News:
- A three-day Naval Commanders Conference (NCC) was recently held.
Key takeaways
- According to the Indian Defence Minister, the Navy has effectively carried out Mission Based Deployments (MBD).
- They were carried out to protect maritime interests.
- Under MBD, ships and aircraft at major and sensitive locations were deployed.
- Under MBD concept, Indian ships were Mission Deployed for:
- Anti-piracy
- Operation ‘GULFDEP’ in the Persian Gulf
- Operation ‘CENTDEP’ in the central Indian Ocean Region
- Operation ‘NORDEP’ in the northern Bay of Bengal
- Operation ‘MALDEP’ in the Andaman Sea and approaches to the Malacca Strait.
