:lol: don't overrate your country. India is in absolutely no position whatsoever to challenge China in anything. India is surrounded by enemies externally and internally. India can't even play hardball with Pakistan and you think India can take on China? B**ch please!
If China decides to turn...
20 years? And still only a prototype?
I think only US or China can solve this by speeding up development and doing the job properly and more efficiently.
There is no such thing as 'Indian ocean'. It's impossible for India to defend the 'Indian ocean'. It's massive.
The ocean you call 'Indian' should really be called 'South Asian ocean'. It's international waters. We will do whatever we like in that ocean.
We have huge shale gas reserves too. In addition to that we have large uranium reserves and large thorium reserves. We are developing solar, wind and hydro energy too.