Can India react to Gulf sailors’ deaths like China did with US after 1999 embassy bombing? (opens original article in a new tab)

Indian sailors' deaths and vessel incidents in the Gulf have sparked anger and questions about India's response to US actions, with tensions rising after a US official's warning to ships not to defy American forces.

• A viral video showed an Indian seafarer's body on a vessel off Oman, with crew using cold water bottles to slow decomposition.
• Three Indian sailors were killed when a tanker near them was bombed after US Central Command claimed it failed to comply with American forces' directions.
• US strikes disabled two more Indian-crewed vessels, but all on board survived.