As China Begins Sea Trials of Its Biggest Aircraft Carrier, Indian Navy’s Next Awaits Nod
Experts feel India will need a bigger carrier than its planned 45,000-ton warship to counter China’s increasing presence in the Indian Ocean RegionLast week, when the China Central Television showed live the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) third aircraft carrier Fujian leaving the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, the message to the world was loud and clear. The 80,000 metric ton mammoth,