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India’s approach in the Indo-Pacific region cannot remain only diplomatic and has to be matched with maritime and naval capabilities, more importantly aircraft carriers, Vice Admiral Girish Luthra (retd) said here on Saturday.
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Aircraft carrier operations represent the apex of flexible naval power projection, and nuclear rivals China and India have placed these platforms at the centre of their maritime force development plans in their respective strategies of ‘dominating’ the strategic Indian Ocean Region.
Questions of employability aside, the eye-watering cost of a new aircraft carrier has become increasingly difficult to justify given the existing materiel shortfall within the Navy and Air Force in the face of ever-shrinking defence budgets.
India now plays a crucial role in the Indo-Pacific region. But how will the country define its approach as the region takes on new geopolitical importance?