Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA)
November 19 , 2023 288 days 379 0
India stressed that building networks and partnerships like the IPMDA would be instrumental in ensuring the security and stability of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
The IPMDA was introduced by the Quad group (consisting of India, Australia, Japan, and the US) at the Tokyo summit, 2022.
It aims to monitor "dark shipping" and create a more comprehensive and precise real-time maritime overview of partner nations' waters.
It focuses on integrating the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean region (IOR) in the Indo-Pacific.
Dark shipping is a term used to describe a vessel operating with its Automatic Identification System (AIS) turned off.