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| Indian warships sail near Pakistan |
| 2002-05-23 |
| Missile-carrying Indian naval warships steamed into the Arabian Sea, closer to Pakistan, as military tensions between the two South Asian nuclear neighbours soared. "We have moved five frontline ships of the eastern fleet to be cross-deployed to the western seaboard to augment the force levels," Naval spokesman Commander Rahul Gupta said. Highly-placed naval sources told AFP that four of the vessels are armed with missiles but the spokesman declined to elaborate on the redeployment, which comes in the middle of heightening military tensions between India and Pakistan. Notice that the Indians aren't jumping up and down, waving guns and threatening dire revenge. Usually the side that does that isn't the one that wins... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |