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Saturday, April 09, 2011

Indian Navy upgrades Eastern Naval Command

USS Trenton / INS JalashwaWith China increasingly becoming a factor to contend with in the waters of the Bay of Bengal the Indian Navy is in the process of upgrading its Eastern Naval Command (ENC) to full force strength, at par with the Western Naval Command. The upgrade also keeps India's 'Look East' policy in mind, as trade with the ASEAN bloc of nations burgeons.

As part of the upgrade, force levels on the eastern coast are receiving a big boost with the addition of new warships, aircraft and spy drones as well as forward-operating bases (FOBs).

Keeping the rapidly rising strength of the command in mind the Navy has now upgraded the post of chief of staff (CoS) at the ENC to three-star rank, the same as with its counterpart at the western command.

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