New Delhi, June 24 -- India has prepared a 'Plan B' for oil imports that includes leveraging existing sources of supplies to ensure energy security, two persons informed about the matter said, even as Iran launched missiles at US bases in Qatar and Iraq late on Monday.

While the Indian government has been working on its plan since Israel first struck Iran on 13 June, the attack on US bases threatens to draw the US deeper into the West Asia conflict. In the past, Iran has threatened US forces at Al Udeid Air Base, which hosts the forward headquarters of the US military's Central Command.

India's Plan B for crude oil will be activated to tide over any exigencies in the event of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz. To be sure, this vital cho...