Anushka Saxena quoted in SCMP on India’s catch-up with China’s aircraft carriers

Anushka Saxena, Research Analyst with Takshashila’s Indo-Pacific Studies Programme, was quoted in the South China Morning Post on India’s catch-up with China’s aircraft carriers.

She was quoted as saying, “To allow flexibility in deployment, three aircraft carriers is the bare minimum for a country like India to project power into its largely maritime neighbourhood. The Vikrant took 13 years to be commissioned into service after plans were laid down in 2009, while Vishal – the third proposed carrier – would require a similar time frame. The goal of having five to six carriers would take 25 to 30 years.”

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