India Deployed Nuclear Subs, Carrier Group Amid Pakistan Tension
- A deadly attack in Kashmir prompted tense military stand-off
- Navy likely suspended war games to re-supply ships: Analyst
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India sent nuclear submarines, an aircraft carrier battle group and dozens of other navy ships to the North Arabian sea after a suicide bombing in February led to a tense military stand-off with Pakistan.
India was conducting large-scale military exercises off its coast when a paramilitary convoy was attacked in the disputed state of Kashmir on Feb. 14, prompting the navy to "swiftly" shift its ships to an operational deployment, the country’s navy said in a statement on Sunday. The naval force consisted of nuclear submarines, a carrier group centered around INS Vikramaditya and "scores of other ships, submarines and aircraft," it said.