DAY one of our journalist familiarization tour started as quick as the sun rose upon New Delhi. Monday the 19th of August, a hot day brewed with the weather here, always staying up the thermostat. A low of 29 degrees up to a high of 32 degrees.
Believe me when I say, it seems like it hugged 32° mark for almost the whole day. It is monsoon seasons here, and while I am complaining, in a way, I should appreciate that PNG weather hasn’t got anything on India’s heat which can reach above 40 plus degrees in the hotter months. The day’s visits were to the International Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR, that basically is a classified setup hosted by the Indian Navy where maritime and security is furthered with top notch state of the art surveillance.
The picture below was the only one that was taken, with all asked to take observation and mental notes due to the instruments used being advanced to real time. And yes, that’s how classified it is. At any given time, this particular facility monitors over 10,000 plus vessels navigating the vast Indian Ocean, that also includes Asia Pacific.
The horn of Africa which is the outlet from the Suez Canal The facility has representative militaries from 14 other countries that operate there. Monitoring thousands of kilometres of undersea internet cables as well. I think this is where I stop before I get in trouble.
As the sun was about to hit its apex for the day, it would only seem fitting that we visit the International .