Why India wants another aircraft carrier
India is pushing to indigenize its defense capabilities with plans for a third aircraft carrier, underscoring Delhi’s strategic concern of a two-front naval war against Pakistan and China in the Indian Ocean.
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Project 75: India’s new nuke subs aspire to outmatch China
India’s ambitious plan to build two nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSN) marks its latest bold move to counter China’s expanding naval presence and protect its dominance in the Indian Ocean.
Trump or Harris, US-India relations can’t afford to drift
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China in middle of India-Pakistan naval arms race
In a tit-for-tat Indian Ocean arms race with China prominently in the middle, Pakistan has recently launched its first Hangor-class submarine while India has tested a next-generation anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon to target such vessels.
Amid Red Sea clashes, India and Asean must work to secure the Indian Ocean
Similarly, India recognises the need to bolster its geopolitical position in the Western Pacific. Thus, while the Indo-Pacific concept integrates the Indian and Pacific oceans into one strategic region, dominant discourses of the region remained primarily centred on the latter.