Indian Navy Bolsters Arabian Sea Forces After Attacks

In this photograph taken on Dec. 22, 2023, sailors stand next to anti-submarine indigenous rocket launchers of the stealth guided-missile destroyer INS Imphal ahead of its commissioning into the Indian Navy, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.

India's navy said it is deploying three warships and reconnaissance aircraft in the Arabian Sea to "maintain a deterrent presence" after a string of recent shipping attacks.