A decisive message has been sent to China with the deployment of Indian Navy in strength in the Indian Ocean Region, with prime sources saying there is no rationale for concern as far as PLA presence is concerned and the strategic Malacca strait is being kept under strict observation.
The Indian Navy deployed a range of its front-line warships and submarines in the IOR when the border tension escalated after the Galwan Valley clashes on June 15 in which 20 Indian army personnel were killed.
Also, the move suggests that India is tightening its grip on the Malacca Strait, a development that will clearly set off alarm bells in Beijing.
Sources in the defence and security establishment said that the “message has been registered” by China, ThePrint reported.
