Apparently the only way a US-India alliance may confront a China-Pakistan alliance is when the Americans completely leave Afghanistan to the Taliban, also leave Pakistan and considerably reduce their interests in Central Asia - which then can only be approached either through Turkey or Georgia, and is a rather difficult proposition. This is not likely to happen for a very very long time and therefore, India with its strong army and navy will still not even remain a regional power.
Isi liye shining India ko Kiwi Shoe Polish laga ke chamka hi rehnay do
our primary aim is securing our maritime borders and ship routes coming to India so we can thwart any attempt of cutting our supplies through sea and an potential blockade against India.
we have vast maritime border and we are overdependent on sea, as 70% of our oil comes through sea
thus a strong, sophisticated and powerful navy is must for us and that's a reason IN, unlike its counterpart in west receives decent share in budget and is given proper attention
our secondary aim is increasing our naval dominance and remain capable of naval blockade against our enemies
we have the capacity of posing a naval blockade. Example> Blockade of Karachi in 1071 which was a critical blow to Pak economy
we are capable of doing power projection in Indian ocean since decades and our capability will only increase with newer platforms like P17 stealth frigates, P15 stealth destroyers, at least 2 new ACs, nearly dozen P8I ASW platforms and Arihant class SSBNs
The author makes some very interesting statements in this article, e.g. "Indian Navy which by 2015 is slated to become the 3rd largest two aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines navy in the world, would mainly remain a coercive force in being, providing anti-piracy support."
well, this article is true up to an extent
however with growing US-China rift and US focusing on Indian Ocean, there will be always a room for IN dominance
another reason will be
our SSBNs, which will capable of launching
K 4 and
A 6 missiles with
3,500 KM and
6,000 KM range, while being hidden in Indian ocean or bay of Bengal;thus posing huge threat to our enemies in South Asia and IOR region