India is celebrating Navy Day today. Navy Day is celebrated in honour of the maritime force’s role during the war with Pakistan in 1971 when Indian warships attacked Karachi port and successfully hurt Pakistani ops in the western coast. The Navy Day is also celebrated to highlight the role of navy that plays in securing the country’s marine borders during peacetime and carrying out humanitarian missions. Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lamba said in a press conference yesterday that the Indian Navy is the net security provider in the Indian Ocean region and is fully capable to meet the traditional and non-traditional threats.
He informed that The Navy has so far thwarted 44 piracy attempts and apprehended 120 pirates. He said since 2008, 70 Indian naval warships have been deployed, which has safely escorted over 3440 ships with over 25,000 mariners on board.
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