https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/india-begins-flex-naval-power-032626361.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“India is widely publicizing the deployments, signaling its desire to assume a wider responsibility in maritime security to the world and its growing maritime ambitions to regional rival China.
\n\u201cIt is a message to China that, look, we can deploy such a large force here. This is our backyard. Though we don\u2019t own it, but we are probably the most capable and responsible resident naval power,\u201d Chawla said.<\/p>\n
The Indian navy has helped at least four ships, three of which were attacked by Houthi rebels and another that Washington blamed on Iran, a charge denied by Tehran. It has also conducted several anti-piracy missions.”<\/p>\n
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“India has not joined the U.S.-led force battling the Houthis.<\/p>\n
On Jan. 26, the Indian guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam assisted the crew of a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker in fighting a fire after it was hit by a missile in the Gulf of Aden. About 10 days earlier, the Visakhapatnam responded to a distress call by the U.S.-owned Genco Picardy merchant vessel following a drone attack in the same waters.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaritime security has not been a strong pillar of India\u2019s foreign policy engagements in a way we are beginning to see now,\u201d said Darshana M. Baruah, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. \u201cChina is a factor in this.\u201d<\/p>\n
The rivals are already locked in a military standoff along their disputed border high in the mountains.<\/p>\n
China has built up its presence over the years in the Indian Ocean, a key route for its energy supplies. It has the world\u2019s largest navy by number of ships, more than three times the size of the Indian navy. China also operates a powerful fleet of large coast guard ships and what is referred to as its maritime militia consisting of fishing vessels that cooperate with the coast guard in asserting territorial claims in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n
Beijing has deepened its engagement in the Indian Ocean mainly through infrastructure deals with India\u2019s neighbors, including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and most recently the Maldives.”<\/p>\n
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