India mounts sea-air patrols as unpredictable situation arises in Arabian Sea

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Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the targeting of commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea by Iranian proxies, the Indian Navy has deployed five advanced guided missile destroyers in order to minimise the threat to sea lanes of communication in the Arabian Sea. According to a Hindustan Times report, these vessels have been strategically positioned to monitor the situation from the Red Sea to the western coast of India. INS Kolkata is stationed near the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint, INS Kochi south of Yemen’s Socotra Island, INS Mormugao in the western Arabian Sea,...