Buying two Nimitz class carriers being decommissioned shortly is the best option, this comes after CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk was offered before.
If C S L chooses not to make a whole new type from ground up, will be due to time the gap.
I know another 40000 ton aircraft carrier (Viraat 2?) in the Vikrant configuration as C S L has issued can be completed in record time of not more then 5 to 6 years is better then a 10 or more years of nervous gloomy defence personnel wait.
Also why do we have to buy French aircraft for the...