Indian Coast Guard set to be largest force in the world:Antony

New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) The Indian Coast Guard is poised
to be the world's largest force protecting the territorial
waters with a large number of ships and aircraft to be
inducted in it in near future, Indian Defence Minister A K
Antony said here Tuesday.
"By 2018, the Indian Coast Guard will be the biggest
force among all such forces in the sector," he said after the
Coast Guard Commanders' Conference.
Antony said that at present, 156 ships and boats of
different sizes were being built for the force along with 12
new Dorniers and different types of helicopters.
The Minister said the force is also going to establish a
chain of 46 coastal radars in the first phase by 2012.
"An important project to tighten our coastal security is
the establishment of 46 chain of static sensors atop the
lighthouses along our coastline. Once it is in place, it will
boost our real time maritime domain awareness," he said.
The Minister said 36 such radars will be installed in the
mainland and the remaining in the Andaman and Nicobar and the
Lakshadweep Islands territories.