New Delhi, Oct 19, 2025

Amid rising turbulence in the Indian Ocean and shifting alliances in the Indo-Pacific, the Indian Navy is expanding its maritime reach. India’s naval diplomacy comes at a time when external powers are increasing activity in India’s maritime neighbourhood, a report has stated.

India’s naval outreach in recent months has been more than just traditional exercises, Colonel B.P. Katju (retd) wrote in a report in India Narrative. The warships of India and the Philippines carried out their first-ever joint patrol in the South China Sea in August, signalling solidarity with Southeast Asian partners amid rising tensions in contested waters.

Soon after, the indigenous vessel INS Nistar participated in Singapore’s multinational submarine rescue exercise involving 12 navies,

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