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Interview: Rear Admiral PS Mahawithana,
Director General Operations, Sri Lanka Navy
Date Posted: 06-May-2022
Author: Tim Fish, Auckland
Publication: Jane's Defence Weekly
Sri Lanka's broadening maritime security concerns are prompting shifts in the
structure and capability of the country's navy. Tim Fish talks to Rear Admiral
PS Mahawithana, director general operations in the Sri Lankan Navy, about its
reform agenda
UPDATED
With the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) navy in 2009 after years of civil
war, Sri Lanka does not have immediate threats to its sovereignty externally or from internally
based maritime terrorist sources. However, because of Sri Lanka's location at the centre of the
Indian Ocean, astride essential trade routes between Europe and the Middle East and the Asia-
Pacific, it means the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) is modernising to meet new security threats that may
emerge.
Rear Admiral PS Mahawithana, director general operations, Sri Lanka Navy. (Sri Lanka Navy )
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contained herein.
Director General Operations, Sri Lanka Navy
Date Posted: 06-May-2022
Author: Tim Fish, Auckland
Publication: Jane's Defence Weekly
Sri Lanka's broadening maritime security concerns are prompting shifts in the
structure and capability of the country's navy. Tim Fish talks to Rear Admiral
PS Mahawithana, director general operations in the Sri Lankan Navy, about its
reform agenda
UPDATED
With the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) navy in 2009 after years of civil
war, Sri Lanka does not have immediate threats to its sovereignty externally or from internally
based maritime terrorist sources. However, because of Sri Lanka's location at the centre of the
Indian Ocean, astride essential trade routes between Europe and the Middle East and the Asia-
Pacific, it means the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) is modernising to meet new security threats that may
emerge.
Rear Admiral PS Mahawithana, director general operations, Sri Lanka Navy. (Sri Lanka Navy )
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without prior written consent, with the exception of any internal client distribution as may be permitted in the license agreement
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attributions of authorship. The information contained herein is from sources considered reliable but its accuracy and completeness
are not warranted, nor are the opinions and analyses which are based upon it, and to the extent permitted by law, Jane’s shall not
be liable for any errors or omissions or any loss, damage or expense incurred by reliance on information or any statement
contained herein.
