Maritime security

Brief introductionTo Sri Lanka Navy’s experience with

Asymmetrical threats in 2008/09

Areas of high LTTETerrorist activities

Sea Lines of Communications

(SLOC)

Areas of high fishingActivities.

10 Mar 2003SLNS Sayura

Destroyed a gun runner

14 Jun 2003SLNS NandimithraDestroyed a gun

runner MV MariAmma

Scuttled by LTTE1999

2 Gun runnersWere destroyed

18 Mar 2007

Gun runner destroyed

28 Feb 2007

Commandeered trawler destroyed

16 May 2007

MV Horizon Destroyed 14 Feb 1996

Other activitiesClosed to littorals

-MV Ahat 13 Jan 1993-MV Tangnova 08 Nov 1991

-MV Stillus Limmosul 02 Nov 1997-MV Princess Cash 13 Aug1998

-MV Farah-3 26 Dec 2006

3 Gun runners were destroyed

10 Sep 2007

Last known gun runner Destroyed 07 Oct 2007

INDIAN OCEANIndian Ocean

& LTTE terrorists activities

ACTIVITIES

This vessel was arrested by Costa Rican Coast Guard Carrying a load of Heroin to USA ON 26TH Nov 2006. A person with known

LTTE connection was present in the vessel at the time of mid-sea arrest.

‘SPILL-OVER’ EFFECTincreased use of submersibles

& semi-submersibles forterrorist activities

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COLOMBIAN SEMI-SUBMERSIBLES TO SMUGGLE DRUGS..\0,1518,562603,00.html(13 boats captured, each 55 feet in length with 350hp Cummins Diesel)

‘SPILL-OVER’ EFFECTincreased use of submersibles

& semi-submersibles forterrorist activities

Semi-submersible capturedBy advancing Army troops in a LTTE strong hold

‘SPILL-OVER’ EFFECTincreased use of submersibles

& semi-submersibles forterrorist activities

Colombian drug boats under custody LTTE boats under construction

Constructionof UW bargeIn one of the foreignboatyardsBelongs to a LTTE sympathiser

Captured boats in LTTE strong hold

COST OF ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE

Mere 1500 US$ against 3.2 Million US$

COMMERCIAL-OFFTHE-SHELF ITEMSFOR DESTRUCTIVE

PURPOSES

Cost of counter-action for Asymmetrical threats

05th March 2009ARF-Surabaya

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