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Over the past few years, China’s rapidly expanding naval presence in the
Indian Ocean has created anxiety in India’s strategic community, where many
believe China’s naval activism has shrunk New Delhi’s space for
operational manoeuvre. Not only has China made inroads into India’s
traditional sphere of influence in maritime South Asia; Beijing has also
leveraged its naval anti-piracy deployments for geopolitical gains by
promoting partnerships with regional states and advancing a ‘benevolent
China’ narrative.
More importantly, Beijing has raised its strategic stakes in the Indian
Ocean. It is odd that China’s anti-piracy contingents now comprise guided-
missile frigates, advanced destroyers and special operations forces —
contingents suited more for high-impact ‘presence operations’ than anti-
piracy missions. Since the inauguration of China’s first overseas military
facility in Djibouti, the PLAN’s bid for strategic access in the Indian
Ocean’s critical littorals has been amply evident
For New Delhi, the bigger challenge has come from Chinese submarines in the
Indian Ocean. In recent years, Chinese anti-piracy contingents have
invariably been accompanied by a PLAN submarine. In the name of counter-
piracy operations, Chinese submarines have gathered critical information
about the Indian Ocean’s operating environment and have spent an
inordinately long time scouring the South Asian seas. The PLAN has been
assisted in its endeavours by the Pakistan Navy, raising further concerns in
India about an evolving China–Pakistan axis in the Indian Ocean. China’s
reported deployment of a submarine in July 2017, at the height of the month-
long stand-off between the Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army in
the Doklam plateau, so upset New Delhi that India’s naval leadership felt
compelled to order permanent surveillance of the Indian Ocean’s critical
sea lanes and choke points by ‘mission-ready’ warships. | x******g
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