The attacks on merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, and Washington’s blunt response, have deepened Indian distrust despite years of expanding cooperation The recent incident of the US Navy attacking an unarmed merchant ship off the coast of Oman with two Hellfire missiles and killing three Indian mariners as a result has deeply angered Indian public opinion. The Indian government was forced to summon the US chargé d’affaires in New Delhi twice to register a protest. What has particularly