Challenge For India

India is facing an unprecedented security challenge not only to its territorial integrity but as the principal naval power in the Indian Ocean, to its strategic interests in the region as well. It must therefore not only secure its own maritime frontiers but must leverage its pivotal position in the Indian Ocean and its ability to monitor the movement of inimical extra regional powers through the exit and entry points to this space. A robust well-networked multidimensional maritime security architecture with a strong undersea warfare component is an imperative that cannot be ignored.