Indian navy pumps up eastern muscle

The Indian Navy is pumping up the muscle of its eastern command. Force levels along India's eastern seaboard are being built up slowly but steadily.

For decades, the navy's eastern command played second fiddle to the western command, which is headquartered at Mumbai. Long considered the navy's "sword arm" the western command cornered most of the resources and attention of strategic planners.

That appears to be changing now. Strategists are assigning an increasingly larger role for the eastern command in India's naval strategy and foreign policy.

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