Addressing the biannual conference of Navy here he said: “With the security situation being fluid, we need to maintain the organisational ability to deploy ships, submarines and aircraft at immediate notice,”.
Admiral Verma said that maintenance of war fighting abilities remains the top priority despite the fact it has large number of peacetime commitments at hand.
He expressed concern that due to increasing demand of maritime security, the naval personnel are spending longer hours and many more days at sea.
The Navy will examine and review its operational readiness and assess its ability to tackle current and emerging challenges in the four days conference.
On coastal security, Verma stressed on the need for maintaining a high level of effectiveness with increased patrolling and synergised efforts with all the stakeholders like Coast Guards, Marine Police, Customs and Sagar Prahri Bal.
On need for maintaining Navy’s network centric capability for seamless and swift operations, he stressed on the need to have a proper security for such systems and mechanisms.
Navy recently showcased its network centric capabilities during the TROPEX exercise in February this year.
On progress of naval ship-building in the country, Verma stated that almost all the warships ships planned to be inducted in the next 15 years would be built in India.