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NAVSTRAT-2030

 Regional Deployment – This represents our forward presence in response to
collective security challenges securing global commons in support of freedom of
navigation and rules based good order at sea whilst advancing our MDA.

Above current deployments of our naval assets in areas as illustrated in Figure 11.1 affirms
achievement of SLN’s aspiration to become a credible regional naval force. Thus, our strategy and
conceptualization is driven through this overarching concept.

Figure 11.1

Sea Areas of Interest for Naval Deployment

What is NAVSTRAT-2030?
The NAVSTRAT-2030, is to be weighed in its purpose, scope and time horizon. Our
comprehension of the strategic guidance has prompted to formulate ways to identify the optimum
ratio between available tangible (personnel, forces, equipment, sensors, platforms, weapons,
budget, facilities) and intangible (national will, leadership, organization, morale) means in the
foreseen future to undertake multiple and diverse roles. It shall incorporate at identifying the right
fit between quantity and quality of force posture. Fundamentally, this strategy should be viewed
as the new operational orientation in response to the strategic realities of our time and the foreseen
future especially considering the limitations superimposed by the island’s revenue, consumptions,
investments and external trade.

An understanding of contemporary maritime/naval strategy development learnt through synthesis
and analysis of a multitude of maritime nations resulted in the realization of the need for a strategy-

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