The changing threat dynamics and enhanced maritime security requirements in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) have altered the course of military modernization. Sea power plays a significant role in creating and modifying the influence of great powers on other states therefore, the states are acquiring naval power, which will strengthen their position in the global political and strategic environment and will also assist in establishing their rule on the sea.
The Indian Ocean holds great geo-economic and geostrategic significance due to the presence of many important strategic chokepoints and Sea Lines of Communication (SLOCs). US naval strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan also stressed the importance of the Indian Ocean, who maintained that the Indian Ocean holds great significance and is the key to the seven seas in the twenty-first century, the destiny of the world will be decided in these waters, therefore who will rule it will rule the world.
The ongoing geo-economic and geo-strategic tussle between major powers like the US, China, and India for the dominance and naval supremacy in the Indian Ocean and growing Indo-US strategic partnership, and joint Indo-US policy to contain China have transformed the strategic environment of Indian Ocean. Besides, traditional and non-tradition security threats to the SLOCs, such as maritime terrorism, piracy, drug trafficking, and human smuggling, have impacted the maritime security of the IOR.
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