Tag: USS Paul

By Zakir Hussain Last week the USS Paul Jones, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, conducted patrol 130 nautical miles west of the Lakshadweep Islands in Indian Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) without any prior consent. This has left all those surprised who were celebrating the growing bonhomie between Biden-Modi governments. In fact they had reasons to celebrate. A series of developments such as the recent successful Quad meeting, strategic meeting on annual energy security, US emergence of India's 2nd largest energy supplier, 4-day visit of John Kerry, Special Envoy of Climate,...