Recently Yahoo News on-line reported the following:
Pirate ship capture showcases India’s world-class special
forces, analysts say (1/2)
Brad Lendon, CNN
Tue, March 19, 2024 at 5:53 p.m. PDT
The Indian Navy’s rescue of a commercial ship from pirates
off Somalia’s coast last weekend shows how Delhi’s military has developed
special forces capabilities on par with some of the world’s best, analysts say.
The navy rescued 17 crew members of the vessel MV Ruen during an anti-piracy operation lasting nearly two days, according to an Indian Navy news release, with no casualties reported. Dozens of pirates were taken into custody, it said.
The operation involved a navy destroyer, a patrol ship, an Indian Air Force C-17 transporter flying more than 1,500 miles to airdrop marine commandos, a naval drone, a reconnaissance drone and a P-8 surveillance jet, the release said.
“The success of the operation marks the Indian Navy as a top-class force in terms of training, command and control and other capabilities,” said John Bradford, Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs fellow.
“What marks this operation as impressive is how risk was minimized by using a coordinated force that includes use of a warship, drones, fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, and marine commandos.”
Experts fear the volatile security situation in the Red Sea due to attacks by Yemen-based Houthi rebels on commercial shipping may tie up international forces and provide a window for Somali pirates in the nearby Horn of Africa – presenting a multi-billion-dollar threat to the global economy.
Yemen and Somalia are among the region’s poorest nations, both ravaged by years of civil war.
Somali pirates’ capture of the MV Ruen in December last year marked the first successful hijacking of a vessel off the country’s coast since 2017.
Spanish, Japanese and Indian warships tracked the Malta-flagged, Bulgarian-managed bulk carrier as it was taken into Somali territorial waters, according to a December report from the European Union Naval Force.
But when the Ruen, now operated by a pirate crew, last week left Somali waters with the intent of committing acts of piracy on the high seas, the Indian Navy made moves to intercept it, according to a navy statement posted on social platform X.
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Translation
分析人士稱，印度海軍上週末在索馬利亞海岸從海盜手中解救了一艘商船，這表明德里軍方如何有能力發展與世界上一些最優秀的特種部隊相媲美的特種部隊。
據印度海軍新聞稿稱，在持續近兩天的反海盜行動中，海軍救出了「MV Ruen 號」船隻的 17 名船員，目前沒有人員傷亡報告。 據稱，數十名海盜被拘留。
新聞稿稱，這次行動涉及一艘海軍驅逐艦、一艘巡邏艦、一架印度空軍C-17 運輸機飛行超過1,500 英里去空投海軍突擊隊、一架海軍無人機、一架偵察無人機和一架P-8 偵察機。
美國外交關係委員會國際事務研究員 John Bradford 表示： “這次行動的成功標誌著印度海軍在訓練、指揮和控制以及其他能力方面成為了一流的力量。”
“這次行動令人印象深刻的是，如何通過使用包括軍艦、無人機、固定翼和旋翼飛機以及海軍突擊隊在內的協調部隊將風險降至最低。”
專家擔心，也門胡塞叛亂分子對商業航運的襲擊導致紅海安全局勢不穩定，可能會困纏國際部隊的力量, 為附近非洲之角的索馬利亞海盜提供一個機會 - 造成數十億美元的全球經濟威脅。
也門和索馬利亞是該地區最貧窮的國家之一，兩國都飽受多年內戰的蹂躪。
去年 12 月，索馬利亞海盜劫持了 MV Ruen 號，這是自 2017 年以來該國海岸首次成功劫持船隻。
根據歐盟海軍 12 月的一份報告，當這艘懸掛馬耳他國旗、由保加利亞管理的大體積船被強行帶到索馬裡領海時, 西班牙、日本和印度軍艦對其進行了跟踪。
但根據社交平台 X 上發布的一份海軍聲明，當由海盜船員操作的 Ruen號 上週離開索馬利亞水域，並意圖在公海進行海盜行為時，印度海軍採取了攔截行動。
（待續）
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