India gets access to strategic Oman port for military use

[El Sidd]

Haji sahib Allah Pak madad karay ga

madad karne wali zaat sirf ussi ki hai janaab per apke samne hisaab hai krke dekh len

 

[BHarwana]

madad karne wali zaat sirf ussi ki hai janaab per apke samne hisaab hai krke dekh len

 

[gayMo]

Oman was too going to become part of India during 47.

 

[coffee_cup]

So you can choose who you think are Muslims and who is not?

What happened to your signature line "Cheers, Doc" ?

 

[shootingstar]

Baluchistan was part of Oman. They still love their Baloch brothers.

 

[El Sidd]

Baluchistan was part of Oman. They still love their Baloch brothers.

Someday Oman will be part of the province of Greater Baochistan of Pakistan.

topay pe raho zyada free na ho

 

[Chhatrapati]

Why not Chabahar.
It is a closer port.

Why not Oman? Chabahar port is for economic purpose, the port in Oman is for our navy. Repairs, reconnaissance etc.. it's effective area and can be used for anti-piracy operations.

We don't need ports in Oman or Chabahar to pose any threat to Pakistan. We are neighbors.

 

[IceCold]

India was recognized because of the 2 state solution of Quaid-e-Azam at the time of Partition. I am not calling you agent but you are going out of your way to score this unauthentic news of linking a dream of India with Israel. Can you plz help me why you were adopting this course?

Look lets be clear about one thing as far as I am concerned Israel can go to hell. But so should India however here I have always witnessed a hypocrisy among Pakistanis when it comes to India and Israel. We do not have a direct quarrel with Israel but we do have many direct quarrels with India. Yet India is accepted Israel is not?
PS even if this news is unauthentic and fake, it is no secret how this so called Ummah is in bed with both Indians and the Israelis.

We are diverting from the topic so consider this as a last reply on this subject.

 

[coffee_cup]

Just imagine for a second, if there was a news that China or Pakistan had shown the intention of using a port from a friendly country? Even though it were just an unverified news...

India would have been running like a headless chicken from Washington to Moscow to London to Tokyo to Cape Town..

And Indian media would have gone mad by now with all the hysteria and paranoia,

Reaction from China and Pakistan in stark contrast show how mature these countries are.

 

[shootingstar]

Someday Oman will be part of the province of Greater Baochistan of Pakistan.

topay pe raho zyada free na ho

Greater Baluchistan seems to be in the making. Not sure which country it would be part of.

 

[Chhatrapati]

Look lets be clear about one thing as far as I am concerned Israel can go to hell. But so should India however here I have always witnessed a hypocrisy among Pakistanis when it comes to India and Israel. We do not have a direct quarrel with Israel but we do have many direct quarrels with India. Yet India is accepted Israel is not?
PS even if this news is unauthentic and fake, it is no secret how this so called Ummah is in bed with both Indians and the Israelis.

We are diverting from the topic so consider this as a last reply on this subject.

What are the odds that your own lawmakers will be against such a thing? I mean, your own central minister warned Israel with a Nuclear strike and the strong mullahs in Pakistan will go all hulk hogan on such a news. For some Israel and India are their enemy numero uno.

 

[El Sidd]

Greater Baluchistan seems to be in the making. Not sure which country it would be part of.

ye to apko ribbon katne kay baad pata chalega lol

 

[Indian wonk]

Indian Navy INS Shishumar (SSK class sub) of Indian Navy enters Port of Duqm Oman

Looks like Indian Navy has been eyeing this port Duqm for a long time.

 

[Theparadox]

Indian Navy INS Shishumar (SSK class sub) of Indian Navy enters Port of Duqm Oman

Looks like Indian Navy has been eyeing this port Duqm for a long time.

Oman is our strategic partner, our troops are already there. We just made that public now, we recently signed deal with France similar to LEMOA. China is looking for pakistan's Jiwani base, but now we already have far greater presence in Indo-pacific region.

 

[Indian wonk]

Oman is our strategic partner, our troops are already there. We just made that public now, we recently signed deal with France similar to LEMOA. China is looking for pakistan's Jiwani base, but now we already have far greater presence in Indo-pacific region.

Bro India is constructing the fence between Oman and Yemen. Oman trusts India with her security needs

Old News of 2013

India to bag Oman-Yemen border fencing contract
India’s Central Public Works Department (CPWD) is likely to construct a border fence between Oman and Yemen after two Indian agencies were shortlisted, Indian media has reported.

The tip-off comes after the Oman government approached the South Asian nation to avoid stoking controversy and qualified CPWD and Engineering Projects India Ltd (EPIL) in a secret bidding.

Government officials told The Times of India that CPWD had quoted just over $300m for the 288km-long fence work, which is likely to be completed within four years. One official said: “We have a good track record in installation of fences along borders. It's a prestigious project for us.”

CPWD had earlier presented its expertise to an official delegation from Oman on the installation of fences, lights and electrified barbed wires along India’s eastern and western frontiers.


Oman wants to fence its international border adjoining Yemen with a view to reducing the risk posed by armed militants in the neighbouring country from spilling over the Sultanate’s border.

If the CPWD lands the Oman deal, it will coincide with the agency’s project to build Afghanistan’s new parliament, which began in 2005 but has been delayed by the volatile security situation in the country.

http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-20809-india-to-bag-oman-yemen-border-fencing-contract/



INDIAN SIGINT POST IN OMAN

In 2013 India opened Listening Station In Oman Monitoring Pakistan’s Naval Communications
As claimed by the France-based, privately-operated, global intelligence gathering organisation, Indigo Publications, in its ‘Intelligence Online’ publication.(Aldrich)

This, from its January 16 2013 newsletter.

“India opens its ears – European intelligence services are keenly speculating on the purpose of a listening post that has been active for at least two years on the outskirts of Ras al-Hadd, at the northeasternmost tip of Oman. Located on an isolated rocky plateau just 2 km from the sea, the site which is protected by police checkpoints in not among the listed US listening post in the country (see below), and it may be the first Indian listening post in the Persian Gulf. Several reasons make this likely. While Saudi Arabia and most other kingdoms in the region are allied to Pakistan, Oman has active diplomatic relations with India, with whom it signed a defence agreement in 2008. Construction of the Ras al-Hadd listening post was finished a year later. The facility is also located directly across the Arabian Sea from Pakistan. India has had an interception post in the far north of Madagascar since 2007 and is planning to build others in the Maldives, the Seychelles and Mauritius.”

As seen from the Google Maps image, above, the Indian listening post is practically a front door neighbour [~400 kms] to Pakistan’s Gwadar Port, one that it wants China to develop into a major Naval installation, among other fantastical longings. If plans for such a base, located in a province that has been waging a struggle for its independence from the existing Pakistani state for more than 60 years, do materialise, then India would be favourably placed to monitor the upsurge in communications emanating from there [SIGINT]. Of all the monarchies in the Middle-East, India has enjoyed an especially close & friendly relationship with the Omani kingdom. Besides periodic joint military exercises, involving all 3 branches of the Armed Forces, Oman has also granted it berthing rights for Indian Naval Warships to replenish its stocks & its sailors to step on land for Rest & Recuperation, during the course of long deployments away from home, an increasing trend in the Navy’s mission profile. Such an arrangement with Oman fits perfectly with the Indian Government stating the extent from the Persian Gulf to Malacca Strait being within the ambit of its ‘Area of Operation’/’Sphere of Interest’. Yet another indication of Indo-Omani relations being robust & one based on trust was the recent report which stated that the kingdom had approached India to carry out the task of fencing its International Borders with Yemen, a critical security measure to keep the kingdom safe from influence of Islamist terrorists. Despite these gains, the relationship holds potential for a lot more, especially given that one sits on major energy reserves & the other is an even greater consumer of it. Relationships wrapped around Carbon – diamonds, oil alike – the strongest.

Also read: India and Oman Relations

India, with its closer proximity & historical contact with the African & Middle-Eastern region, has thus far managed to gain an upper hand viz-a-viz China, on matters of militarily significant presence in that region. However, one needn’t be exceedingly intelligent to deduce that China, with its deeper pockets and propensity to buy out any opposition is sparing no efforts to follow suite. On China’s efforts thus far,

“China’s floating facilities – Although it is trailing behind in the Arabian sea listening post race, China is nonetheless working iall out to install permanent interception facilities in the region. Chinese specialists now support Pakistan and Iran’s intelligence services, however these only have very limited interception capacities.

To boost its presence in the region, the 3rd Department of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, which is in charge of interception, is working to develop its ties with countries such as Djibouti and Kenya, however this has yet to produce any concrete results.

In the meantime, China regularly dispatches “oceanographic observation” vessels, crammed with sophisticated interception material, to the Arabian Sea. These frequently fid themselves crossing paths with the Dupuy de Lôme, the French Navy sea intelligence ship that entered into service 2006 and also spends much of its time in the same waters.”

Beside the above listening post, India has long been helping nations in the Indian Ocean Region [IOR] set up security infrastructure, and providing military hardware. Besides the additional SIGINT stations planned in other countries, as stated above, India has also completed the task of linking up its coastal radars on its West coast, with those it has installed on each of Maldives’ islands. Similar inter-linking plans with Sri Lanka & Mauritius are also to be implemented. The Armed Forces have also regularly been engaging in joint military exercises with them, besides imparting training. In addition to these, the Navy & Coast Guards also assist by carrying out hydrographic surveys & maritime surveillance of their EEZ. The Indian Navy has been deputing its officers to help manage Mauritius’ Coast Guard’s operations. Militarily India has a distinct advantage, by a comfortable margin, over China which is seen to be earnestly trying to gain a foothold in the IOR. Understanding the challenges such developments pose to Indian interests & concerns, it is absolutely imperative for India to leverage & strengthen its long-standing relationships with nations in the IOR, guarding against any unwarranted ingress. Developments over the past few years do indicate that the Indian leadership is wholly cognizant of this fact and has been seen taking measures to address these, though the pace at which it seem to be occurring leads one to conclude that there could be ample scope for improvement in the effort.



https://closewar.com/2013/03/01/ind...an-monitoring-pakistans-naval-communications/

India listening post in Oman just 400 kms from Gwadar