China planning 10 aircraft carriers, we need at least 3: Indian Navy Chief

[The Terminator]

Just assumptions of someone no one sure that China want 10 AC, they want 5-6 AC to secure indo-pacific interest of China, why someone thinks that they want 10 AC to rule the world just like USA is doing currently @Furious

Well how are you so sure that China doesn't want to project power??

China is without a doubt biggest goods manufacturer and probably biggest exporter as well. They have largest population in the world with huge land mass and seaports as well. They have ambitious unprecedented infrastructure and regional connectivity massive ongoing projects known as BRI spanning whole of Eastern hemisphere of the globe. Exploring, upgrading and dominating Asian and African markets through their new projects and investments.

Having those points under consideration either global rule/expansionism, policing or not, they would be compelled to make a force powerful enough to safeguard its interests, investments, BRI projects, trade routes and oil/gas supply chain. They would have to field huge navy to project power and its interests globally in either purely business prospective or as a future military doctrine.

Or in other words you may say that launching that many unprecedented global projects and investments is a new way of expansionists followed by a massive military power projection tagged as a necessary compulsion.
That's the Chinese way of soft expansion contrary to the US way of big bang on the door with all guns blazing.

 

[Deino]

No and Never will be @Avicenna

Just a minor advice: whenever you quote a member, he or she already gets a note. Therefore there is no need to again place an additional @tag for a reminder.

 

[nang2]

For the record, there is no 001A. There is only 002, which is under sea try. There is also 003, which is under construction. This is old news now. It is surprising that the so-called expert got it wrong.