India Delivers BrahMos To Manila. But Nothing Changes For New Delhi In Indo-Pacific Vis-à-vis China

File image of a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile being test-fired last year. India has just exported the first batch of BrahMos to the Philippines. ( Image Source :PTI )

The seas are getting as complex as the land, if not more so, while the strategic contestation in the high waters is becoming higher than a tsunami. And as New Delhi is gearing up to become a major sea power, albeit rather late compared to its adversaries, it is making an attempt to take a quantum leap to make up for the loss it faced when the maritime domain was not given as much importance as the land boundaries. India’s latest move to deliver the BrahMos missiles to the Philippines,