page_title: Andaman and Nicobar Command
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Andaman and Nicobar Command / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the Strait of malacca, from a U.S. Department of Defense report.
context_page_description: The Andaman and Nicobar Command is the first and only tri-service theater command of the Indian Armed Forces, based at Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a Union Territory of India. It was created in 2001 to safeguard India's strategic interests in Southeast Asia and the Strait of Malacca by increasing rapid deployment of military assets in the region. It provides logistical and administrative support to naval ships which are sent on deployment to East Asia and the Pacific Ocean.
caption: Malacca Strait, combined with Ten Degrees Channel and Singapore Strait is a critical chokepoint as well as the shortest and world's busiest shipping route carrying 80% global shipping trade.
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