- India has dispatched stealth frigate INS Tabar on a three-month deployment to visit ports and conduct exercises with “friendly” foreign countries in Africa
- The warship will transit across the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, and Baltic Sea while making port calls at Djibouti, Egypt, Italy, France, UK, Russia, Netherlands, Morocco, and Arctic Council countries like Sweden and Norway,”
- INS Tabar, with a crew of 300 personnel and packed with a versatile range of weapons and sensors, will operate in conjunction with the friendly navies to build military relations, develop interoperability, and project long-range sustenance.
The officials said “These engagements are aimed to further strengthen maritime security in the region and to consolidate combined operations against maritime threats”
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