Underwater Domain Awareness: Case for India [Paperback]

1. Introduction - Underwater Challenges in the Indian Ocean? 2. Undersea Threat Environment in the Indian Ocean? 3. The Evolution of Undersea Surveillance? 4. Emerging Era in Anti-Submarine Warfare? 5. Assessing Indias ASW Capability in the Indian Ocean? 6. Conclusion

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the emerging underwater challenges facing India in the Indian Ocean region. It focuses on the issues of detecting, tracking, and classifying submarines/underwater drones and examines the Indian Navys present anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities in combating underwater threats.?

Prakash Pannerselvam is Assistant Professor with the International Strategic and Security Studies Programme, NIAS, India. He holds a PhD in Japanese studies from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. He was the first Visiting Fellow to Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) Staff College, Tokyo. He is a recipient of the Japan Foundation Fellow (2011) and Okita Memorial Fellowship (2008). He was also a trained merchant mariner with Poompuhar Shipping Corporation Ltd. Prior to joining NIAS, he was working with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Defence and Aerospace Sector.

Rajaram Nagappa, a specialist in aerospace propulsion, has worked extensively in the design and development of solid propellant rockets. His interests are in missile technology and space weaponisation. He has served at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO as its Associate Director, and later was Pandalai Memorial Chair Professor at Anna University, Chennai, India. He has also taught at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. He is a recipient of the Astronautical Society of India Award, Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Madras Institute of Technology, DRDOs Agni Award for Excellence in Self Reliance, Certificate of Appreciation of the International AstlãŠ