India extends maritime footprint with jam-packed october calender

India’s Naval Forces maintained a high level of international activity throughout October 2025, clearly demonstrating New Delhi’s strategy to strengthen global maritime partnerships.

The Navy’s actions reflect a clear effort to assert its presence and strengthen ties in important ocean regions.

The schedule was packed: Indian ships made strategic port calls heading east to deepen diplomatic and defence ties with Asian nations.

Through October 2025, India’s Naval forces had a packed calendar, continuing eastwards port calls, security deployments in the Gulf of Aden, & outreach across African shores - highlighting effort by New Delhi to deepen ocean-linked partnerships abroad pic.twitter.com/a84yTjxuKa

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At the same time, the Navy kept up its vital security presence in the Gulf of Aden, a crucial global shipping route, to help in anti-piracy operations and ensure stability.

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Plus, the Navy amped up outreach along Africa’s shores, underlining India’s push to forge deep security and development ties with coastal nations.

With these constant, multi-directional deployments, India is showing it’s serious about maritime security and stepping up as a responsible global player.