India’s Defence Strategy: The war in West Asia has pushed India to rethink its defense strategy. Sources say Indian planners are fast-tracking new measures to secure maritime chokepoints, strengthen the drone force and deploy nuclear-powered attack submarines. Maritime security has become essential because around 90 percent of India’s trade travels by sea. Nearly 80 percent of its crude oil imports come via maritime routes. Strategic waterways such as the Strait of Hormuz (in the Persian Gulf), the Bab-el-Mandeb (located between the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, which then opens into the Arabian Sea) and the Malacca Strait (lies…
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