Ships, Drones, Commandos: How Indian Navy Rescued Hijacked Vessel

After being assaulted on Friday, Navy changed its position to self-defence. New Delhi: In a bold 40-hour operation, the Indian Navy on Saturday pushed 35 Somali pirates to give up and saved 17 team members imprisoned on a pirated ship, the Navy stated in a declaration. The saved vessel rollovering 37,800 tonnes of freight worth $ 1 million dollars will be reminded India on Sunday, it included. The high stakes rescue included numerous Navy vessels, drones, airplanes and marine task forces. While carrying out monitoring, the Indian Navy found the pirated bulk freight vessel Ruen and directed its warship INS Kolkata to obstruct it. The warship cruised over 2,600 km and cornered the vessel on Friday early morning. The ships was being utilized by pirates for 3 months after it was pirated on December 14. A ship-launched drone approached the pirated ship and verified the existence of armed pirates on it. Seeing the drone, the pirates opened fire and shot it down. #IndianNavy wards off styles of Somali pirates to pirate ships plying through the area by obstructing ex-MV Ruen. The ex-MV Ruen, which had actually been pirated by Somali pirates on # 14Dec 23, was reported to have actually cruised out as a pirate ship towards carrying out acts of #piracy on high … pic.twitter.com/gOtQJvNpZb– Spokespers
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