Indian Coast Guard Dornier aircraft forced Pakistan Navy warship to return to its waters

At the beginning of July, a Pakistan Navy warship had crossed into the maritime boundary line off the coast of Gujarat and entered Indian waters but was detected. It was forced to retreat by an Indian Coast Guard Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft.

According to government sources, this took place on the high seas at the peak of the Monsoon season in the first half of July. The Pakistan Navy Ship Alamgir had moved from its side to Indian waters, crossing over the maritime boundary line between the two nations.

Shortly after entering Indian waters, it was first detected first by an Indian Coast guard Dornier aircraft. The aircraft was in the air after it had taken off from an air base in the vicinity for maritime surveillance.


Indian agencies are very strict about the maritime boundary laws and don't even allow their own fishermen to undertake fishing expeditions within five nautical miles of the boundary on their own side.

The Dornier had informed its command centre about the presence of the Pakistan warships in Indian waters and continued to keep an eye on it. The Dornier had issues warnings to the Pakistani warship regarding its location and was asked to return to its area but it did not respond, according to sources.

It was further stated that the Dornier kept hovering over the PNS Alamgir. It had even tried to establish communication with it over its radio, in order to know its intent but the ships captain chose to maintain complete silence and did not respond.

The Dornier flew right in front of the Pakistani warship multiple times, prompting it to retreat towards its own side after it had been established that its presence had been detected. Sources believe that the purpose of the Pakistani warship was to figure out how far they get get inside Indian waters without being detected, but it seems they did not get very far as they were detected soon after they came in. The warship also retreated knowing full well that more assets would be sent to tackle it if it ventured any further.

The Indian Coast Guard officials refused to give any comment on the incident when asked. The Indian Coast Guard also recently carried out an Operation Island Watch to clear all the uninhabited islands near Dwarka and other coastal locations for any possible anti-national elements.

The Indian Coast Guard and the Indian Air Force have been keep an eye along the Gujarat coast to prevent any misadventures. Pakistani activities, especially in the form of narco-terrorism has gone up in recent years.


The Indian Coast Guard Director General VS Pathania also recently visited the Porbandar area to review the preparedness of the fleet. He also inducted the new ALH Dhruv choppers for coastal surveillance. The hovercrafts of the force are also deployed in significant numbers in the area and carry out surveillance in both high seas and shallow waters.