Navy’s focus to be Atmanirbhar, force an inspiration for innovation: President Droupadi Murmu

The President was speaking astatine the Indian Navy’s operational objection (Op-Demo) organised astatine Puri oversea formation connected the juncture of Navy Day, which is celebrated to commemorate Operation Trident, the onslaught connected Karachi harbour during the Indo-Pak War successful 1971.

“The seamless integration of precocious technology, tactical acumen and sheer courageousness connected show contiguous aptly showcase the improvement of our Navy into a combat-ready, future-ready, and credible force,” said Murmu.

“As India’s system grows and our interests and power grow crossed the globe, I americium assured that the Indian Navy volition proceed to guarantee maritime security, indispensable to alteration our emergence to a Viksit Bharat by 2047,” Murmu added.

Murmu praised the Navy’s efforts successful providing maturation avenues to “nari shakti”. “The Navy was the archetypal work to induct women Agniveers and continues to guarantee that each ranks and each roles, including combat functions, are disposable to each women,” she said.

Recalling India’s glorious maritime past, the President said the country’s shipbuilding prowess and quality to harness the monsoon upwind patterns enabled the federation to predominate seaborne trade.

The Op-Demo covered galore facets of naval operations by ships, submarines, aircraft, marine commandos, and Indian Army personnel. It besides aimed to bring absorption to the Navy’s affluent maritime past and demonstrated the valour and courageousness of its unit and their resoluteness to safeguard nationalist maritime interests “anytime, anywhere, anyhow”. It showcased the Indian Navy’s state-of-the-art ships and aircraft.