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9 Apr, 8 tweets, 4 min read
Truly strange language to use for referring to #Quad partner - US Navy says it conducted freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) by "challenging India’s excessive maritime claims".
Former Indian Navy chief @arunp2810 weighs in on @US7thFleet freedom of navigation operation in Indian waters:
More from former Indian Navy chief @arunp2810:
Original US Navy 7th Fleet @US7thFleet statement here (one of the truly strange official statements I've seen in recent years)
c7f.navy.mil/Media/News/Dis…
The freedom of navigation operation in Indian waters was conducted by USS John Paul Jones, a guided missile destroyer
Folks thinking there's too much outrage on this, am aware there are annual @DeptofDefense reports on FONOPs with similar ops in Indian EEZ
policy.defense.gov/OUSDP-Offices/…
What took folks by surprise here was the unusual language used in April 7 PR by @US7thFleet
Also another thing to put out a bland, generic annual report (which most people in India wouldn't even bother to read) & to draw attention to a specific FONOP with a press release.
BTW journalists don't outrage - their tweets/comments usually reflect what they are hearing from officials.

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