Question: which of the following statements are correct?
a) Mauritius, Seychelles and Sri Lanka have already been integrated into the country’s coastal radar chain network.
b) Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) is located at Gurugram and was operationalised in 2014.
i) only a
ii) only b
iii) both a and b
iv) none
Answer: iii
Context
- India is planning to bring Maldives, Myanmar , Bangladesh and Thailand into its coastal radar network
Facts
- India is planning to further expand its coastal radar chain network meant to enable real-time monitoring of the high seas for threats and for providing assistance for capacity building to Indian Ocean littoral states.
- Mauritius, Seychelles and Sri Lanka have already been integrated into the country’s coastal radar chain network.
- The Indian Navy’s Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) located in Gurugram is the nodal agency for maritime data fusion.
About IMAC
- IMAC is the nodal agency for maritime data fusion. Located in Gurugram, it was set up after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
- At the Navy’s Information Fusion Centre for the Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) which is meant to promote Maritime Domain Awareness, three more International Liaison Officers (ILO) are expected to join soon. The ILOs from France, Japan and the U.S. have joined the centre.
- IFC-IOR was set up by Indian Navy in December 2018 within the premises of the Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) in Gurugram.
- It was set up to track maritime movements in the region.
By – Kameshwar Shukla