Two aircraft carriers were part of a combined operation in the Arabian Sea earlier this week.
The presence of the U.S. military's surveillance drones in the area has often been met with aggression from pilots ofIn such a situation, the presence of a local force that can counter China's aggression is required, and a naval exercise by the Indian Navy can make China more cautious in its outlook.
While the U.S. Navy leads the world in the sheer number of aircraft carriers in active service, most countries operate just one aircraft carrier. China and India are the only nations with two active aircraft carriers, but the former has never conducted an exercise with both vessels involved. In recent memory, only the U.S. has conducted such an exercise.
INS Vikramaditya is a modified Kiev-class carrier bought from Russia and entered service in 2013. INS Vikrant, on the other hand, was indigenously developed and built at $3 billion. The carrier was commissioned last year.
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