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India’s Carrier Aspirations

By Robert Farley

On October 24, 2020

At 4:44 pm

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*Vikramaditya* being escorted by INS *Viraat* and other ships of the Western Fleet in the Arabian Sea.

Some thoughts on the development of India’s aircraft carrier fleet:

It is tempting but dangerous to compare India’s carrier progress with that of China, given that the two programs started at different points and have different strategic rationales.