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Seminar on 'Amphibious Operations' 27 Nov 2012 at Pune
 
This was the sixth seminar on military subjects conducted by the Combined Study Group of the Indian Maritime Foundation. The Chief Guest and Keynote speaker was VADM Satish Soni, FOCinC (South), and participants included serving and retired defence officers, executives, cadets, members of the IMF and the general public.VADM Pasricha (Retd) in his Inaugural Address gave a brief historical overview of amphibious operations. Because of the geostrategic location of India in the Indian Ocean Region an amphibious capability is a must. The intention is to be able to deploy a brigade strength force by 2022. To enhance our capability and interoperability with other navies joint exercises are being conducted.
 
Five speakers from all the three services briefed the audience about the current potential of our amphibious forces, and our plans for the next decade.
 
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