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    United States and India signed Naval fuel agreement

    SO how do you keep the sea lanes open?
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    United States and India signed Naval fuel agreement

    Piracy looks at no national flag. If not checked they can easily threaten our assets in A&N. Where do you think the ships from India to Asean, Japan and China travel through? It is all through Malacca Strait.
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    United States and India signed Naval fuel agreement

    check the distance from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, do not look at it from the mainland.
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    United States and India signed Naval fuel agreement

    I will request @Yusuf to share a wonderful piece he wrote on this issue. Once you read it it will be very clear. You are aware of the string of pearls policy of China. We have to counter it and towards that the current government has taken steps with Mauritius and Seychelles. Maldives remains a...
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    United States and India signed Naval fuel agreement

    None of these countries mentioned will take care of the Malacca Strait for China. Check the map and see how far is Malacca Strait from India. You will get the answer. These are our trading lines and we need to keep it in our sphere of influence.
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    United States and India signed Naval fuel agreement

    Our immediate interests lie from the Cape of Hope to the Malacca Strait. This is a very big body of water and we do not have the capability today to assert our dominance over it. For foresee able years to come USN will be the dominant force in these waters and if we do not get our act together...
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    United States and India signed Naval fuel agreement

    See we are focussed on handling a country as small as Pakistan and we talk of competing with China.
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    United States and India signed Naval fuel agreement

    Remember 1962 war. Brother was placed before friend and ally.
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