Military 101: China’s Aggressive Naval Expansion & India’s Responses
Presently China has 2 battle-ready aircraft carriers, both of which is based on Russia’s ex aircraft carrier but this is not stopping them from constructing more aircraft carriers. It is said that they may have up to 6 aircraft carriers including nuclear-powered ones. China’s first aircraft carrier, Liaoning started off as a Russian’s Kuznetsov-class aircraft cruiser Riga and is capable of carrying 40 aircraft of different types. Image source: Business Insider.
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