Lessons of maritime success story
While the 1947 and 1962 conflicts had lacked a maritime dimension, the 1965 Indo-Pak war saw the IN discomfited by an unreasoned government directive not to initiate any offensive action at sea, nor to permit its units north of Kathiawar. To add to the Navy’s woes, a Pakistan Navy (PN) task force bombarded the coastal town of Dwarka, and retired with impunity, leaving a psychological scar on the IN. However, just years later, the Indian subcontinent was again engulfed in a conflict, providing the IN another chance to vindicate itself. The Tribune, Monday, December 6, 1971 In early 1971, Pak...