Why Indian Navy is a preferred partner in Indo-Pacific

In response to recent missile and drone attacks by Houthis in the Red Sea, piracy, and hijacking attempts off the Somali Coast, there is one resident navy that has responded every time a distress call has been received and rendered assistance—the Indian Navy. Since the time these incidents in the Red Sea began, the Indian Navy has been deploying 8-10 ships in the Arabian Sea, Gulf, and Bab-el-Mandab regions. These deployments are over and above other deployments to tackle traditional threats that do not have a forecasted arrival time, particularly when we have two nuclear neighbours with whom we do…