the bay of bengal is becoming more and more strategically and geopplitically significant for many countries.withever-increasing energy demands, the sea lines of commmunications (SLOC) and their protecction are becoming a priority for the Asian countries.as the BOB leads to the. malacca strait,opening up to the shouth china sea (SCS), these routes are crucial to economies in the SCS(china,japan)which explains the growing interest and involvement of extra-littoral players in the bay.protection of SLOCs has added to the importance of increasing maritime power projection capabilities in the BoB
