Indian ships escort U.S. vessels through parts of the region.

Just before the last glimmer of daylight faded, it was possible to see the pirate galleys beginning to surround the Indian ship.

It goes back to the matter of the Indian ships we were talking about.

Indian ships used them to sail to Arabia, but no Greek ship had yet done so.

It took a moment for the projectionist to skip ahead several slides and find the first one dealing with Indian ships.

But Indian journalists were allowed aboard the Indian ship to interview the prisoners.

He notices that there is no Indian ship in the Indian waters to go abroad.

He said ships enforcing the embargo against Iraq might also block Indian ships.

"I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of nuclear weapons on Indian naval ships," he said.

As with most Indian designed ships, they will operate two helicopters.