Sagar Prahari Bal

The Sagar Prahari Bal (SPB), is a unit of the Indian Navy, formed in March 2009, which is entrusted with the responsibility of patrolling India's coastal waters.^[1][2] The force consists of 2,000 personnel and is equipped with 80 patrol boats. The force was constituted after the Mumbai terror attacks and the main duty of the force is to guard against such terrorist attacks by patrolling the coastline and also to conduct search and rescue operations.^[3] The soldiers are trained at INS Shivaji, a naval training and engineering base, near Lonavla.^[4][1]

Sagar Prahari Bal
Active	2009–present
Country	India
Branch	Indian Navy
Role	Coastal protection
Size	2,000 personnel
Fleet	80 fast interceptor boats

The SPB maintains security at all major and minor ports in India and carries out round the clock patrolling and is also part of search and rescue operations in times of emergency.

Arms and Equipment

The arms and ammunition used by the Sagar Prahari Bal is manufactured by the Indian Ordnance Factories functioning under the Ministry of Defence.

• AKM
• IWI Tavor TAR-21
• Glock
• Sig P226
• MP5
• INSAS

See also

• Solas Marine Fast Interceptor Boat
• Indian Navy
• Military of India
• Indian Naval Academy
• Indian Coast Guard