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Mukundan says he believes fighting piracy in the vast Indian Ocean
requires a different approach."It is the key risk area, where we do not have the
naval protection that we have in the Gulf of Aden," he said. "In that
environment, it appears that the tactical response is very strong, robust action
to be taken against the mother ships, which launch these attacks. And more
effort should be made to identify clusters of these mother ships. We need assets
to board them, to inspect them and not allow them to carry on with these illegal
activities. That is what is required."Mukundan says piracy in other African
waters is also on the rise with 28 attacks reported off the coast of Nigeria
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