India has always wanted to become a great power, competing with China and the United States, but its strength and technology are far from enough. India's aircraft carrier construction program is an example of this, which shows India's high profile and greed, but also exposes India's ignorance and naivety. India's dream of an aircraft carrier is not only difficult to realize, but may also bring more trouble and jokes to India.
India has always regarded China as its imaginary enemy and wants to compete with China in various fields, but China has never taken India in its eyes, and China's goal is to surpass the United States.
India is dissatisfied with China's rapid development and wants to imitate and catch up, but it has not learned the essence Xi of China's development. This is evidenced by India's aircraft carrier program, which was publicly announced by the Indian shipyard Cochin to build a new type of aircraft carrier with a displacement of 450,000 tons, twice as many as the previous 20,000-ton aircraft carrier. India is also ready to invest $5 billion to build the aircraft carrier, and also wants to shorten the manufacturing cycle. As soon as the news came out, the whole world came to watch.
India's greed is even more surprising, India just wants to build a second aircraft carrier, it decided to use a nuclear power system, but also to set up an electromagnetic catapult system, these are the most advanced technologies in the world, even China is not in a hurry to achieve it overnight, India wants to achieve it all at once, this idea is really beautiful, I don't know what basis India has.
India's aircraft carrier program may seem grandiose, but in fact it is ignorant and naïve. India does not have the ability to independently develop and build aircraft carriers, its first aircraft carrier Vikrant is an "assembly brand" aircraft carrier, its design is French and Italian, its ** is Russian and Israeli, its equipment is American, India is just responsible for piecing together these parts, claiming to be a domestic aircraft carrier, in fact, ridiculed by the world.
India's second aircraft carrier will not change much, India still has to rely on foreign technology and support, India also wants to carry the United States' fifth-generation stealth fighter F35, and will continue to purchase French Rafale fighters, India's aircraft carrier is like an international hodgepodge, without its own characteristics and advantages, just a waste of money and time.
India still does not understand that these foreign help are conditional, and they do not really want to help India improve its shipbuilding technology, but want to profit from India, or use India to balance China. There is also no unified standard and coordinated opinion among these countries, and if India wants to refer to and learn from it, it will take a lot of energy and time, and it is very difficult, and India thinks that the construction of aircraft carriers is too simple.
India's aircraft carrier dream is difficult to realize, because India's shipbuilding technology and production lines are not mature, India's aircraft carrier construction plan is a challenge beyond its own strength, just like a child who has not yet learned to walk, going to participate in the World Flying Runner's Running Competition, India's idea is very bold, but also ridiculous.
India's aircraft carrier dream may also bring more trouble and jokes to India, because India's aircraft carrier not only has to face technical problems, but also economic pressure, India has to invest 5 billion US dollars to build an aircraft carrier, which is a huge burden for a poor country like India, and India's money should not be used to improve people's livelihood, not to build aircraft carriers?
India's aircraft carriers also have to face the ridicule of the world, because India's aircraft carriers cannot be compared with Chinese and American aircraft carriers in terms of design and performance, India's aircraft carriers are just decorations and have no actual combat value, and India's aircraft carriers will only make China and the United States feel funny, but will not make them feel threatened.
India's aircraft carrier dream is an unrealistic fantasy, India should be soberly aware of its own strength and limitations, instead of blindly high-profile and greedy, India should give up its aircraft carrier dream, but focus on its own development and progress, this is India's right choice.