Developing a Concept of Oceanic Domain Awareness for India

<p>By Rear Admiral Dr. S. Kulshrestha (Retd.), INDIAN NAVY</p> <p><i><a href="http://newwestminstercollege.ca/rear-admiral-dr-sanatan-kulshrestha-mba-msc-mphil-phd/" target="_blank">Senior Fellow - New Westminster College</a>, Canada</i></p> <p>India has put in place a formidable structure for major elements of maritime domain awareness (MDA) in areas of its immediate interest <i>however; in my opinion should be the aspiration of the Indian Navy to acquire formidable sea denial and sea control capabilities. It is opined that the terms Sea watch/denial/ control are likely to expand and transform in to ‘Oceanic space watch/ denial/control’. The term Oceanic space denial/control would embrace a cylindrical space in 3D+ dimensions; that is the sea surface, the atmospheric volume above, the outer space at least up to low earth orbiting satellite heights, the water volume up to the sea bed, the sea bed itself and also security of the deep sea mining assets in the EEZ.</i>