[84rules]

Rumors are not true:

Will 34 warships accompany Obama to India?
Jeff Schogol
Stars And Stripes
November 4, 2010

[ml/nj]

From the article you linked:

Sure enough, there are not 34 ships – and there isn’t an aircraft carrier – supporting the president’s trip, said a defense official, who declined to provide any information on security measures for presidential trips.

But the news editor for Press Trust of India said they stand by their story.

“Foreign media always exaggerate about presidential trips,” Gordon Johndroe, former deputy White House spokesman under President George W. Bush, said in an e-mail.. “I am positive there will not be ‘34 warships’ involved in this trip.”

So the guy who declined ANY information says he's sure there will not be 34 warships. 35 maybe? I wouldn't say that the "rumors" are not true based upon this story.

ML/NJ

[Fresh Wind]

So, if it’s not 34 ships, how many ships is it?

Notice the article doesn’t say “no ships”. It only says “no aircraft carrier”.

[NoLibZone]

Can a former Marine Define what Warship is?