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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Indian Navy to scale down anti-piracy mission

The Indian Navy is likely to scale down its anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden where it saw action at least thrice in the last two months of 2008.

The INS Mysore, a destroyer and one of the largest and most powerful ships in the navy, is now being called back for operational deployment and exercises in the Arabian Sea and is being replaced by a smaller frigate, likely to be the INS Beas.

The INS Mysore had itself replaced the INS Tabar, one of the frontline frigates, because the navy reasoned that a prolonged deployment called for sending a larger warship that need not have to go to port frequently for replenishments.

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