India currently has 295 naval assets, including an aircraft carrier, 14 frigates, 11 destroyers, 22 corvettes, 16 submarines, 139 patrol aircraft, and four mine-warfare vessels. While New Delhi and Beijing have long had contentious relations on their land border, in recent years India has watched warily as China has increased its presence in the Indian Ocean region, sending attack submarines through the ocean and establishing development deals with countries along its shore. Like countries in Europe, India has grown increasingly concerned about the naval activity of one of its bigger neighbors: China. India's first-in-class Kalvari submarine during floating at a dockyard in Mumbai, October 2015. But I don't think that those brigades have grown,' Isacson said.

'The United States did help Colombia in the last decade set up a riverine brigade with a lot of these piranha patrol boats that they make themselves. 'You can just do everything from the coca to the labs to the jumping-off point along a river.' 'There's just a hell of a lot of rivers too, but that is a reason why the Pacific coast is so heavily used,' he added. Adam Isacson, director of defense oversight at the Washington Office on Latin America, told Business Insider in March that, '80% of Colombia's coca is grown within. The country is the world's biggest producer of cocaine, and its armed forces have been heavily involved in drug-interdiction efforts, particularly along the Pacific coast, where the state presence is limited and smuggling activity is rampant.Ĭolombia also has a sprawling network of rivers, which are the only way to reach some areas of the country. They are assumed by officers ranking Vice-amiral ( Vice-Admiral).A navy boat patrols in the waters of Cartagena, Colombia, September 24, 2016.Ĭolombia is only country in South America that has both Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and its naval assets include four frigates, one corvette, 11 submarines, and 55 patrol craft. The two highest ranks, Vice-amiral d'escadre and Amiral ( Admiral), are functions, rather than ranks. Although the names of the ranks for superior officers contain the word 'Capitaine' ( Capitaine de corvette, Capitaine de frégate and Capitaine de vaisseau), the appropriate style to address them is ' Commandant', ' Capitaine' referring to 'lieutenant de vaisseau', which is translated as lieutenant. Until 2005, only commissioned officers had an anchor on their insignia, but enlisted personnel are now receiving them as well. The rank insignia of the French Navy ( French : Marine Nationale) are worn on shoulder straps of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels.

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