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Thursday, June 16, 2011

India not worried about China's aircraft carrier

Shi Lang (ex Varyag)China's declaration that its first-ever aircraft carrier will begin sea trials towards the year-end has caused tremors around the world.

But even as it jostles for the same strategic space in the Indian Ocean region, India is not too unnerved by all the brouhaha.

For one, even if the carrier becomes ocean-worthy by 2012-2013, it will take China a few years to master the complex art of operating fighters from a moving airfield on the high seas and then converting the entire package into a potent offensive weapons platform.

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