If Malabar Ex, and India's Look East Policy doesnt tell you anything, nothing will, at the same time you expect our leaders and military men would sit on their backsides while Chinese are making their moves which is now; then you shouldnt bother with this country either. All these purchases are made it with all these factors in consideration, so i will voice it.
Dude, I know what I am talking about more than you do. Yeah, we all know about the government's Look-East policy, finally they have opened their eyes to courting our neighbors to limit China's influence in the region, but that's all on-paper. Whatever has been achieved is too little, too late. Can you give one sterling achievement of the Look-East policy ??
And what do you think that having few naval exercises with US and Japan, will tilt the scales and they will shower India with everything that it wants. All, I am saying is that for a country of the size of India, we hardly have any clout that we should as yet, but yeah we have been taking steps towards it, albeit slow, and if things stay on the right track then maybe after 15-20 years, the world may acknowledge us as a deserving superpower, and not a wannabe one, which we are right now. And, please don't say such stupid things as "you shouldnt bother with this country either", which other country should I bother about ?? I don't know which all countries are you bothered about, but I don't give a shit about any other. This is my country as much as anybody else's, that's the reason we are all on this forum. From your language, you sound to me like an immature kid whose mind's got overwhelmed with all things patriotic. Cool down, man, this is a forum for mature discussion. I don't have anything against you voicing your opinion, but do it in an appropriate thread. This thread is simply for "Indian Navy Begins Search For New Large Landing Ships", and I intend to stick to it. And, please again, let's cut this discussion here, if you want to continue, just PM me, I will be glad to reply to you.