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Third, and the biggest, edition of coastal defence exercise from today

"Coastal security being a major sub-set of coastal defence, the concept of 'Exercise Sea Vigil' is to activate the coastal security apparatus across India," stated the Ministry of Defence

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The police of coastal states were beefed up with 204 interceptor craft (Picture shown here). These rigid-hull inflatable boats were bought from Greek company Motomarine.

Ajai Shukla New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Nov 15 2022 | 1:07 AM IST

The Navy and Coast Guard will conduct the third, and largest, edition of the comprehensive coastal defence Exercise Sea Vigil-2022 on Tuesday and Wednesday.

On the fateful evening of November 26, 2008, 10 heavily armed Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists sailed a small boat right up to the shore of Mumbai City. Getting off the boat in the vicinity of their targets, they shot dead 166 people and wounded more than 300.

A stunned Navy, ordered to ensure this never happens again, joined hands with the Coast Guard and the police forces of coastal states to put in place a coastal defence structure

Topics : Indian Navy Vigilance Ministry of Defence coastal security coastal protection Coastal economic zones coastal economic zones CEZs maritime security Indian coast guard defence firms defence sector

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