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Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Indian Navy neutralises pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden

PHOTO: Indian Navy destroyer INS Delhi in anti-piracy action ... on TwitpicIndian Navy neutralised a pirate attack planned on merchant vessels passing through the Gulf of Aden on Sunday.

Indian naval ship INS Delhi, a guided missile destroyer, has been deployed in the Gulf of Aden since July to escort and thwart pirate attacks on merchant vessels.

INS Delhi was escorting 12 merchant vessels, including an Indian flagged merchant vessel Jag Ratan, when a small-sized, corridor boat named Bareeda was detected 180 kilometres off the Somalian coast. The boat was moving towards the merchant vessels at very high speed.

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