Indian navy deploys warships in Arabian Sea after tanker attack

Guided-missile destroyers to provide 'deterrent presence' in strategic region

20231226 a stealth guided-missile destroyer ship

India has deployed destroyers after a possible Iranian drone attack on a fuel tanker 200 kilometers off its west coast on Saturday morning.  © Reuters

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- India has deployed destroyers equipped with guided missiles in the Arabian Sea "to maintain a deterrent presence" following an attack on a tanker off its west coast.

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