Three-day Naval Commanders Conference (NCC) recently held 

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.