India's former chief of naval staff, Adm Arun Prakash, said the attack on Dena was legal as it took place in international water but was nonetheless "shocking" on multiple fronts.
"The US navy could have sunk this ship anywhere on the way back to the Persian Gulf," said Prakash. "We are supposed to be friends and partners of the USA. To bring the war to right to our doorstep was a perverse act."
The ethics of targeting a ship that had about 130 people onboard, was in the region as a guest of India and posed no immediate threat to the US, "leaves a very bad taste in my mouth", he added…
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