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Attacks on commercial shipping in the Arabian and Red Sea by pirates and Iran-backed Houthi rebels are likely to continue, according to senior Indian officials...
Last week, an Indian warship rushed to the aid of merchant vessel Islander in the Gulf of Aden after it was hit by a drone, injuring a member of its crew..
India has deployed a dozen warships alongside long-range surveillance maritime aircrafts and drones its largest peacetime mission in seven decades to monitor nearly 4 million square kilometers (1.5 million square miles) of the Arabian Sea, primarily to tackle increased piracy in the region that has largely coincided with the Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea...
Even as the piracy attempts have dropped off since the US and UK began striking Houthi targets in Yemen the US has now struck 230 targets in Yemen the Indian Navy will need to continue its enhanced operations, according to the officials, given that fighting piracy requires time, huge resources and patience...
The Indian Navy has done a very impressive job of maintaining a high tempo of operations in the region and its role has been noticed and generally welcomed by the international community, said Anit Mukerjee, a senior lecturer of South Asian security issues at Kings College, London..
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