Indo-Japan Coast Guard Joint Exercise to be Held on January 15

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CHENNAI: A joint sea exercise between Indian and Japanese Coast Guards will be held on January 15 here, aimed at strengthening relationship and refine the joint operating procedures between the coast guards of the two nations.

"A joint exercise between Indian and Japan Coast Guard named Sahyog-Kaijin-XV is scheduled to be held in the Bay of Bengal off Chennai on 15 January," a Coast Guard release said here today.

Japan Coast Guard ship 'Echigo' will be visiting Chennai between January 11-16 and a highlight of the exercise includes a "scenario of hijacking of a merchant vessel and subsequent rescue in a combined coast guard operation of both countries," the release said.

The exercise would be jointly witnessed by the Director General, Coast Guard, Vice Admiral Bisht, and Vice Amdiral Hideyo Hanamizu, Vice commandant of the Japanese Coast Guard besides other top officials.

The Japanese delegation would be calling on dignitaries of Tamil Nadu during its stay here, the release said.
source- Indo-Japan Coast Guard joint exercise to be held on January 15 - The Economic Times

 

[Tshering22]

Our Coast Guard needs more helicopters, drones and other aerial surveillance equipment. We have less helicopters than Korean Coast Guard despite having 50 times more coastal area.

 

[ranjeet]

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Japan Coast Guard ship 'Echigo' will be visiting Chennai between January 11-16 and a highlight of the exercise includes a "scenario of hijacking of a merchant vessel and subsequent rescue in a combined coast guard operation of both countries," the release said.

Even though CG looking at hijacking and rescue scenario is good, more focus should be also given to say SAR ops.

If Indian opts for US2 which is very likely, the chances are major numbers may be under CG for dedicated SAR ops and some with advanced military sensors (if approved by Japanese authorities) with IN.

Learning from Japanese CG their SAR doctrine first hand and then also imbibing some of the best into our ops could serve us vitally

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Our Coast Guard needs more helicopters, drones and other aerial surveillance equipment. We have less helicopters than Korean Coast Guard despite having 50 times more coastal area.

Fully agree, the CG fleet needs a review.. The capability in possession versus the work environment and area under domain is highly disproportional. We do need to focus on that aspect. Perhaps Ka 226T or DRDO LUH may be planned for CG. Indian Coast Guard does have a requirement for ship-based light/medium helicopters and shore based helicopters. I think partly this may be filled up by Ka local production or LUH of DRDO