Months after the Galwan Valley clash which left 20 Indian soldiers dead in eastern Ladakh, the India Navy has dispatched one of its frontline warships to the South China Sea. The Indian warship is constantly maintaining contact with their American counterparts who were operating on the other edge of the South China Sea, much to the chagrin of China. This could be one of the major reason that Chinese PLA carried out provocative military movements to unilaterally change the status quo on the southern bank of Pangong Tso lake.
