India’s answer to China-backed Thai Canal plan is a huge military upgrade in islands - News Summed Up

India’s answer to China-backed Thai Canal plan is a huge military upgrade in islands


It would let ships bypass the choked Malacca Strait, the main shipping channel between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean that has become the world’s busiest trade route. B-2 Bombers - The US Air Force has deployed three B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers to its naval facility in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The Indian Navy is on high alert from the Persian Gulf to the Malacca Strait in the context of the standoff with China. A few days later, the United States also moved aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan and its strike group for maritime air defence operations to the restive South China Sea. The US Navy said the units conducted air-to-air operations, combat search and rescue drills and air defence exercises, according to the Navy.


Source: Hindustan Times August 24, 2020 10:41 UTC



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