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Evaluate India’s maritime strategy with reference to its island territories like Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep in securing Sea Lanes of Communication (SLOCs).

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  • Political Aspects

India's island territories — the Andaman & Nicobar Archipelago in the east and the Lakshadweep Archipelago in the west — represent critical geographical pivots that transform India from a peninsular landmass into a dominant trans-oceanic maritime power in the Indo-Pacific. As classical naval strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan posited, national sea power depends primarily on geographical…

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  • 1. The Geostrategic and Positional Geography of the Island Chains
  • A. Andaman & Nicobar Archipelago (The Eastern Bastion)
  • B. Lakshadweep Archipelago (The Western Sentinel)
  • 2. Operational Translation into India's Maritime Strategy
  • A. Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) & Submarine Deterrence
  • B. The SAGAR Doctrine and Sea Lanes Protection
  • …and 3 more sections, with a conclusion

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