If India has the money they will buy whatever they want. Cant understand why China should be worried?
India and China will never go to war, as long as they respect each other.
You only have to look at the title of this thread. "Look out China". This is sure to attract attention.
Let's look at the history of India’s aircraft carrier program and you will see what I mean.
INS Vikrant (1961 to 1997) - This was India first aircraft carrier. This was a brand new zero mileage aircraft carrier with catapult launch and has an angle deck which at that time was an advance design. It operated the Seahawk which at that time was a very successful aircraft carrier based fighter.
So it was fair to say this aircraft carrier capability was pretty much comparable with the best in the world
at that timeframe ie 1960s and 70s. This was a good opportunity to learn and master aircraft carrier technologies.
However, India did not learn or master any of the aircraft carrier technology like the catapult, the arrestor landing and the aircraft carrier based fighter.
INS Viraat (1987 to 2020) – This is India’s second aircraft carrier. Now this was first launch in 1945 for the Royal Navy so it was even launch earlier than India’s first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant ! So what India got was a second hand, hand down aircraft carrier with a ski ramp instead of catapult launch. Its capability thus fell behind the catapult launch carrier but still quite capable. Today it’s the decrepitated aircraft carrier I had earlier mention.
Now it get worst.
INS Vikramaditya (2013) – This is India’s third aircraft carrier. Not only is this another second hand, hand down aircraft carrier, it’s not even an aircraft carrier but originally a helicopter carrier. It has no blast shield, it is small with its infrastructure located near the center and its elevators located in the center blocking landing operations. Only one elevator can fit the MIG29. Its bridge control room looks like something from the 1980s. Even INS Vikramaditya soonwill be dock again for a refit to add an air defense.
So today, after over 50 years of operating aircraft carriers, India only have one modified helicopter carrier (Not counting that decrepitated INS Viraat ).
Now for their next carrier, India is building themselves a brand new INS Vikrant using whatever available ship building infrastructure and skilled workers that they have. And India still have to buy all the aircraft carrier technologies. The fact that a very critical and expensive imported gearbox got damaged beyond repair during transporting shows the lack of skill workers or robust lifting capability. It also was funny that their new INS Vikrant had to be floated out of the dry dock three times. Yes three times. Just so another ship could use the dry dock.