The Indian Navy ordered a high-profile deployment of its first indigenously built aircraft carrier to the Arabian Sea toward Pakistani waters, as per a reportThe report claims to confirm INS Vikrant’s presence off the coast of Karwar, Karnataka – a move observers say reflects a broader strategic posture shift aimed at power projectionThis repositioning is aimed at intimidating Pakistan’s military command infrastructure, largely concentrated in that region, say analystsReportedly positioned just 600 to 700 kilometres from Pakistan’s coastline, Vikrant enhances India’s capacity to control key maritime access routes n18oc_world n18oc_crux