The spotlight was on the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait after the Houthi group began launching attacks on ships heading to Israel or owned by Israeli businessmen. The Indian Navy’s deployment for the first time of a huge fleet consisting of 12 warships in the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea.
India has the largest naval military presence in these areas, with an amount greater than what it had previously deployed since 2008 under the pretext of confronting piracy operations off the Somali coast. New Delhi justifies the massive deployment of its warships with the following reasons: Ensuring freedom of navigation through strategic waterways.