For those who keep insisting that the Navy has no *strategic* role to play from Goa, here is an example of just that. The targets in question were operating, in one case, near the gulf of aden, and in the other case near south Africa, thosands of miles away from our home bases. What the article hasn't mentioned is that it is the Navys constant peacetime role to be prepared for war, and to gather as much information about our prospective enemies. In such an operation, described below, the aim is to obtain the radar and propellor, or sound *signatures* of the individual targets. Our aircraft ,flying from Goa,can loiter on task for many hours and do just that. We then have adequate information on our data banks to identify enemy targets over the horizon, and take them out with our submarines and missile ships, when time comes. Well done, Navy! You are doing a great job! regards, Gilbert Menezes..
> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:27:49 +0300 > From: "D'Souza, Avelino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Navy 'spooks' new Chinese destroyer > Rajat Pandit > Thursday, February 09, 2006 01:35:21 am TIMES NEWS NETWORK > > NEW DELHI: In a remarkable act of long-range maritime snooping, Navy's > reconnaissance aircraft and spy drones detected, tracked and > photographed a spanking new Chinese destroyer and a tanker traversing > through the Indian Ocean region this weekend. >
