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What is the name of fleet sent by USA in 1971 in Indian Ocean as detterent display of force to India?

  1. Task Force 74

  2. Force 11

  3. Task Force 71

  4. Force 74
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During the 1971 India-Pakistan War, the United States sent Task Force 74, led by the USS Enterprise, into the Indian Ocean as a show of force to deter India from advancing further into West Pakistan. This was part of the Cold War dynamics where the US supported Pakistan while the Soviet Union supported India.

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