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They're sending a subtle message to Modi that they can do the same to India. Are you trying to tell me there are zero American companies doing business in Myanmar, and none of them have links to the military?!

Maybe not, but Modi's opposition does, and Lutyens media has the ability to weaponize this against Modi.

US military-enthusiast handles are surprised with the angry response on Indian SM over this FONOP. Apparently US Navy carries out FONOPs around the world, and has been sailing through Indian EEZ once every 2 years on average, putting out press releases about the FONOP each time. If this...

Quad is a myth, and became as good as dead after the Biden coup. This FONOP was a favor done to India as it brought sobriety and objectivity back to the US-enamored strategic debate in Delhi. All the Abhijeet Iyer types are cucked for answers.

Basically the Americans and British are under the illusion that BIOT is as defensible against India as the Falklands were against Argentina. We need to snap them out of this illusion, particularly by showing them that when it comes to sovereignty, trade and economic ties are dispensable to...

I've turned this into its own thread.

The last time we brought up BIOT was in the 1980s. This would be the first post Cold War Indian endorsement of the Mauritian claims, and a strategic message to the US that it can't disrespect India in the IOR, that too within its EEZ. Indian media could spark a fresh debate on the history of...

I'd argue that we haven't yet become a "frontier state" as you describe. Had we scrapped S-400 in favor of whatever shitty alternative the Americans were offering, then yes. We've to try and understand why the US Navy did this FONOP, and why now. Is it because we're standing our ground with...

Story: Fun fact: Mauritius (and not the Maldives), has territorial claims over British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). Maybe a formal Indian endorsement of these territorial claims will be a great way to needle back at the US for its recent gaandmasti off Lakshadweep. It's brilliant because...