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The engine has no problem. It was the gear box and other sub-system had the problem (quality issue not design)

Sea-denial strategy is designed to protect your own coast line and near ocean area from a superior naval power. It is a defensive strategy. Aircraft carriers are the tools to project your power in remote area which is far out of your land based weapons. It is a attacking weapon. It is like that...

When India gets her 12 nuclear submarines, it means her navy power and air force must be at least reaching the level of China of today. In other words, when this time comes, India will be in the same position as China today - a challenger to US's dominance in a region, it will be IOR in India's...

What control of IOR? Indian members always get one thing: It is not India but US is in control of IOR. Dominance of IOR is still a remote dream for China even if they have this dream. Currently, it is still ok for US to tolerate India's growing Navy power. But this tolerance is limited. Once...

As long as the US navy is staying in East Asia, Chinese navy won't go anywhere but SCS. The best they can do now is some symbolic sailing in India ocean.

To certain extent, what you said is right. On the other hand, these islands have one big weakness comparing to aircraft carriers: they DON'T MOVE. People here always ignore the precondition of the scenario that PLAN comes to Indian Ocean to challenge: they need a military basis in South East...

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Well, let me check: French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, 42000 tons in Libya; British aircraft carriers - Hermes (28000 tons) and Invincible (22000 tons) in Falklands war; It is not about going to do or not do business with India. It is about the India's economic interest in the local...

ACs can provide air defense and air strike capability for the surface fleet or land force. It is the core of power projection which is the only thing can protect your economic interest in the local area when you don't have local military base. In their numerous military drills. Their main role...

Submarines don't produce much economic benefit as ACs. It works in the war not peaceful time. Using destroyers to sink AC was just Soviet's wildest dream during cold war, which proved to be low efficiency. Basically, you can call these destroyers as "suicide squad".

Without a safe harbor outside the IAF covering, Chinese aircraft can't make any meaningful challenge in India Ocean (Pakistan is too close). Chinese need one from South East Asian such as Malaysia or Indonesia, etc. But that won't be possible in 20-30 years.

No, Russian and Chinese SSBNs are generally escorted by their SSN on 1:1 ratio as their SSBNs are not quiet enough to avoid the hunting of US SSN.

That is a 100% incorrect. Aircraft carrier has been always on the top of PLAN's dream list. Until the end of 20th century, they simply didn't have the money and technologies to buy one or build one. But they never gave up this dream, in last 80s when their budget was cut to the bone, they still...

Well, your governments are not pussy, they are just smarter than you. There is no significant strategic interest in Vietnam which is worth the deployment of an Indian AC fleet or a military base. Vietnam is not your top 3 trading partner, neither she supplies any critical resource. They have no...