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India is set to step up presence in the Arabian Sea after a tanker ferrying goods to Mangalore was attacked by a drone off the Porbandar coast..
Officials said that Indian warships are already present in the area and are conducting searches on nearby vessels, while the stricken MV Chem Pluto is being escorted to Mumbai by a coast guard vessel..
On Sunday, the Pentagon said in a statement that the Liberia-flagged, Japanese-owned and Netherlands-operated tanker was struck about 200 nautical miles from the coast of India "by a one-way attack drone fired from Iran"...
The first such strike near the Indian coastline has raised fears that shipping insurance costs may go up, resulting in higher cargo tariffs...
A stealth destroyer has already reached the spot and Indian Coast Guard Ship Vikram is escorting MV Chem Pluto...
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