Unique tropical conditions ensure significant (of the order of 60%) degradation of sonar performance, compared to the temperate/polar waters. Thus, the present trend of...
Any alterations to the acoustic environment will have significant impact on the marine mammals’ long-term well-being. This is referred to as acoustic habitat degradation.
The global...
The underwater domain is managed by over 20 authorities and agencies under the Central and state governments, with serious lack of coordination and synergy.
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The G7 has assured progress on the following five action points: a sustainable planet, economic stability and transformation, healthy lives, investment in better future...
Quad’s ongoing maritime domain awareness (MDA), in the absence of a comprehensive Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA), is out of sync with reality.
Pune: The Quad...
Maritime governance is the key, however, the challenges and opportunities in the Indo-Pacific strategic space are extremely unique. The 20th century template cannot be...
The enhanced maritime and ocean activities along with the freshwater systems point to the requirement of effective governance mechanism.
Pune: India with a total estimated...
Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA) cannot be taken as an underwater extension of the ongoing Maritime Domain Awareness framework.
Pune: The Government of India (GoI) announced...
The Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA) framework requires a nuanced approach towards evolving the policy and technology intervention along with the acoustic capacity and capability...
The UDA framework addresses concerns and provides a structure that will seamlessly bring all the stakeholders together to complement the SAGAR vision.
‘We seek a...
