Pakistan, June 27 -- Maritime scene in the Indian Ocean remains in a state of flux due to occasional tensions among the regional states. Conspicuous naval activity is indicative of the Ocean's primacy among the other oceans of the world. "Strategic maneuvering" of the great powers, as claimed by the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies in its report 'Maritime Future of the Indian Ocean (2010)', coupled with rising maritime crimes, as reported by UNODC, in the Indian Ocean makes it the geostrategic centre of gravity. Pakistan has taken a full stock of the emerging maritime milieu and launched an initiative of 'Regional Maritime Security Patrols', better known as RMSP, in 2018. Main purpose of RMSP, as the sources suggest, would be to ensure ...