Should India Invest in More Aircraft Carriers?

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[@bastabbiswas7734]

I agree with you 100% Sir. The Late CDS General Bipin Rawat also pressed the Navy to acquire more attack submarines instead of a 3rd Aircraft Carrier. During 1971 war, when the PNS Ghazi came searching for our INS Vikrant, we had to keep it docked at Vizag or Cochin to keep it safe. Ghazi was hunted down by our 2 destroyers.

[@bhaskarjyotidutta4155]

Remembering Gen. Rāwat 🙏🙏🏻🙏🏼🙏

[@adarshh_108]

@@bhaskarjyotidutta4155 Remember 1971

[@satyamevajayate7263]

OK Let’s Imagine that China’s new aircraft carrier FUJIAN suddenly appears in Indian Ocean . Can you imagine what psychological pressure it will create on us ? Just like yuan wang 5 appeared in Sri Lanka . The main strength of aircraft carrier is the Fighter jets and not the ship itself . So using its strength without compromising Ship’s safety is the key. You just don’t send an aircraft carrier into active battle zone for a toe to toe fight during war . That time is gone . A Submarine won’t able to provide air cover on an island if needed . So there are implications of different assets in different situations . A submarine can fire cruise or ballistic missiles into a target but it can not provide situational awareness or protection of troops on the ground . Now let’s talk about submarines - They have their weakness too . Depth charges , torpedoes from newer frigates , submarine hunting helicopters ( which uses sonar ) . In battle ground it’s not just one component that can provide dominance . Yes, it’s true that in the age of hypersonic missiles it’s hard to defend a big target like aircraft carrier . Yes, it’s true loosing one aircraft carrier is devastating but what an aircraft carrier do few submarines or bunch of frigates won’t able to . We have to build or navy according needs . Example- we are not gonna pick Russian military doctrine to counter US aircraft carrier with many submarines . Our priority is to contain China and Pakistan and above all to able to create maritime domain awareness in Indian Ocean . We are part of QUAD . So aircraft carrier will help us . Imagine if China’s new Aircraft carrier FUGIAN suddenly appears in Indian Ocean with all of its battle group. It will put huge amount of psychological pressure on us .

[@hitman1bro47]

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[@atulsinghOO7]

Aircraft carriers can't just suddenly appear that's what Submarines do, they suddenly appears that's why they are lethal if you have that in good quantity. You will know about a Aircraft carrier coming to you days before it appears they are slow moving elephants like Abhijit sir said. They are usefull for expansionist countries like China and Us to dominate small countries cause they don't have that many figher jets and technology to destroy 2-3 Aircraft carrier coming there way. Since we are not a expansionist nation and have tight military budget we should acquire the necessary things first to tackle china. We can develop our Andaman and Nicobar Islands into permanent "Aircraft carrier" cum "Ports" with underground basement system that will protect our troops from enemy's missiles, Can also use it for commercial purpose.

[@rahilvig8185]

Easy. Fire a few Brahmos missiles towards it and game over for the Fujian. Billions of Dollars of Chinese tax payer money gone. :)

[@mrinalgupta7580]

If fugian appears in indian ocean then we can counter it with our air bases and subs

[@ashamahajan3686]

Aircraft carrier cannot appear out of nowhere. China's Fujian cannot suddenly appear in the indian ocean in complete secrecy and the entire carrier battle group can be easily noticed by the navy and the air force while submarines can easily appear out of nowhere and strike fear.

[@cavemanly4479]

Large vessels are far too expensive and vulnerable to small cheap missiles etc

[@DuttajiOfficial]

#AskAbhijit Greetings, Sir. I am a student of business administration & I was planning to go out to the west for further studies. Fortunately for me, I am the curious one & started reading about how West plundered & robbed us of our treasury, knowledge & glory(Shameful act). Now, by looking at how my country needs the youth to stay here, support it & make it prosperous from the very roots of it I started preparing for Civil Services Examination. But to my surprise it's a whole different world. Sir, It hurts me to the core to see how anglophilic & left-biased things we'll have to study to be able to take an attempt at one of if not the most prestigious exams in our country(Teachers tell you that britishers did good to & for us & you have to subscribe to an utterly left-biased newspaper to even start preparing for it, The Hindu lol). Sir, Why are we, our government or any other related organization not doing something about it? Why is it happening in the first place? What can we do on our level to have a better & brighter future in this context? I mean, what is a country if even it's administration is not nationalist but anglophilic & left-biased?

[@Amanda-fv2te]

Stay calm and be the best in your career/strength. If you will get power (any types of) then you can change certain things. You can study abroad but remember your origin. In India your excellency may not be recognised. *Britishers planned everything very wisely and our whole system is running on it.*

[@shivamsharma9271]

I appreciate your decision you stay in india. india is anglophilic it take time to India become nationalist. We only want to do our duty we try to. Aware Indian how western country looted and destroy our wealth. USA and Europe is not our friends they are the people who enjoys our indian ancestors wealth. So people don't think western countries are superior they stay in india make india again prosperous. We reduce our brain drain problem.

[@argentenergy1691]

Sir, I agree with your logical insight on this matter. Increasing the number of submarines, destroyers certainly are strategic both financially and geopolitically in order to rule the waters but logistically this doesn't sum up as in order to rule the foreign air, we certainly need more aircraft carriers to carry more fighter jets and when we have the air under control then we can deploy more armoured vehicles and tanks through the landers to the land. There's a lot more to add to it.

[@sameerkharade7750]

Well we can have amphibious assault ships for that. Aircraft carriers could still be strong, but yes, having other ship classes will be more beneficial for us.

[@hiddendagger7291]

We don't need to attack any foreign nation as of now ... We only have to be dominant power in Indian ocean ... There have few islands too which work as unsincable air craft carriers we don't have to go to south china sea to fight them ... After few decades when our economy will be around 10-15 trillion dollars then we can think about going to foreign nation for assault

[@mayanktiwari8072]

ek dum sahi bola bhai kyuki India agar poore Indian Ocean ko control krna chahta hai toh uske liye poore indian ocean mai nazar rkhne k liye 2 cheejo ki need hai 1. proper blue water navy(ocean mai ache se nazar rkhne ke liye) 2.aircraft carrier (kyuki maano agar war ho gayi aur dushman Apne aircraft carriers k through airforce ka heavy use krra hmari navy k khilaf tb kya krenge usko counter krne k liye tb toh airforce hi chaiye hogi na, tb mainland india se thori aircrafts laoge poore indian ocean k liye jo ki itna bda hai) 3.Alternative to air craft carrier artificial islands chain bna do

[@anishdas4760]

@@hiddendagger7291 this mindset of not attacking other countries will eat our country remember before enemy knocks our door just knock theirs

[@argentenergy1691]

I'd like to add further. There's a greater significance of deploying 3 more aircraft carriers within the next 6 years, from my point of view of course. The Indian Peninsula has 3 water fronts. Indian exports have been increasing significantly and sea routes are being compromised with more Chinese influence. So in order to show our strength to ensure our safety and uncompromising trade routes that If you think about taking our eyes, we'll gladly take your head; means an eye for a head. We'll be more dominant in Land, Air and waters. And the budget that we talk about. India can build anything with the lowest possible budget and in the next 6 years we'll hopefully have our naval greatness back.

[@letthelordbewithyoumaansh2116]

Dear Sir, 1) Did Ancient Indians discovered Speed of light? 2) Was Pushpak Viman real? If it is then why did IISC Bangalore state it can't fly? 3) Were Indians the first to believe that earth was a sphere or were Greeks the first ones? I hope that you will answer my questions. #askabhijit #Request5

[@rajsankara6888]

With a growing economy, the expanding merchant navy will require a defensive umbrella to enforce international laws far from the mainland. Piracy is a growing threat to commerce and economic security. Otherwise these are sitting ducks in the case of outright wars. These are peace keeping instruments with applications planned accordingly.

[@ayushsrivastava5776]

Can't agree with you 1. Predator drone has very less radar cross section detecting it is very hard. How drones were used in armenia war against s 300 was amazing 2.Diring a war a countries resources are distributed firing as many missiles as you are saying is not sustainable during war 3.Aircraft Carriers can sanitise a area of over 400 km and combat at 1000 km staying far behind enemy lines. 4. It also has nuclear subs operating with its carrier battle group which can detect other subs and neutralize them along with anti sub helicopter like romeo 5.If a sub or destroyer is send to neutralize the target it's just the ship but a aircraft carrier has subs, corvettes, destroyers,etc giving it multiple advantage on a any other ship Remember the way INS Vikrant was used in 1971

[@shayanraj7840]

We should build defence island (Unsinkable aircraft carrier) around Indian ocean rather than aircraft carrier and also we should build destroyer. We can get 3-4 destroyer at least in the cost of Aircraft carrier.

[@saandeeprondla1412]

For to extinguish Fire fuming relentlessly from Dragon we need more of these Whales which gust Water to heights and sends Metal Eagles roaring into Skies.

[@tarobaap420]

Two is one, and one is none. By that logic, a third carrier is needed at least. India doesn't need a dozen, half dozen, or even 4. But it makes sense to have at least 3 in order to always have 2 in service. After the third one, invest only into subs.

[@internationaltshirt5541]

well, in world of warships the thing abhijit sir is saying becomes more clear

[@tejoramyemineni]

I completely agree with you

[@nationalistnationalist2093]

Subaha Ganesha charuthi guruji.

[@manvendrarana1909]

Yet another banger of a video sir. Could you please make the next video on the royal Nepalese massacre I'd love to hear your thoughts

[@ajaykharwar5590]

India should also focus on destroyer, frigates and submarinea and other to

[@larso187]

Agree with you..

[@shodhitgoyal6539]

Sir i guess the govt has listened to your advices they have now tasked cochin shipyard limited to Construct 16 attack boats which will be equivalent to stealth frigates , those boats will be capable of carrying atleast 4 to 6 cruise missiles each with mounted gun system. I am so very satisfied by Navy' s design bureau.😁

[@shadowstar3490]

India should develope a deep water port near mallaca

[@aryaman.agnihotri]

Sir then how do we send fighter jets to far off places ……how will we refuel , service them in far off places ?

[@CP-yl5bl]

Totally agree....though a benefit of homemade carrier is the expertise that our workforce gain in terms of engineering manufacturing and also somewhat national esteem.I would say India should make one more but that's it.Our economy is growing and should be able to afford one more carrier and lots of submarines

[@apayandas3990]

A US drone got recently shot down in Libya

[@thorodinson8755]

need of the hour is to have 30+ submarines by 2030 or by 2032 focus should be on SSN & SLBN in our armada

[@sidhusuniverse3140]

Recently, an air marshal had said that another aircraft carrier is wanted by the navy during the launch of INS Vikrant. Why does the navy want more? Do they have some plan?

[@dogesh828]

Don't listen to this guy he acts like expert on literally everything but knows very little stuff.

[@sameerkharade7750]

If the Air Marshal said so, there might really be a need for another aircraft carrier. As long as it (whatever piece of equipment it may be) strengthens our armed forces, I'll always be cheering for it!

[@sandeeppanigrahi9704]

Navy needs 3 aircraft carrier. We should make nuclear submarines and aircraft carrier.

[@shaangaming350]

Sir you told that aircraft carriers are of "NO USE " , I agree . But why our top navy generals and officers are recommending to have one more aircraft carrier . Being a navy General that might have made lots of calculations regarding this like how much it cost and in this price we can buy 40 submarines still they are choosing aircraft carriers WHY? are they gone mad or what . Thank you sir for making us knowledgeable. I have lots of interest in geopolitics means huge everlasting and I am 16 years old ,preparing jee ,.is it a good choice

[@piyushprasad8731]

Because they are living in 20th century mindset

[@shaangaming350]

We can't say because they are genrals and ther prominent officials who have exceelled in their fields . See being a top officer of more than 25 years of experience in army they know lots of things which we don't know there might be some strategies . They have many advisors who see every aspect and then make decisions .

[@adithya390]

Will changing climate paradigm affect the geo political scenario of Asia and Europe?

[@gaurav_0369]

#askabhijit If aircrafts careers are not practical, how should India improve it's Navy ? Are warships a better option in place of aircraft carriers???

[@coolbro4230]

Is it possible to get an opinion on this matter from Indian Navy or any decorated Indian Navy officers?

[@jojosoni]

Vice admiral of indian navy recently said that india needs 3 aircraft carrier.

[@thendino1]

No way. If we had the money, no way. Look towards the future. Know your enemies capabilities. Know what kind of firepower they have and look to obtain. Attack subs are critical tech which we lack

[@sharathegde9785]

#Askabhijeet do u think Indian currency can be world reserve currency

[@poseidon8658]

#AskAbhijit Sir, do you think Sun Wukong (which is a character from a Chinese mythology book 'Journey to the west') is inspired by the Indian god Hanuman? Are they the same or they're different ? Please share your opinion.

[@saanjanibaar8085]

Journey to the western region or west is not a mythology book, retard pjeet. The Sun wokong is a story character which may taken from Indian myth character of Hanuman.

[@winniethepooh_june4_1989]

Sir , When the maintanence/Mid-life refit work on both aircraft carriers will begin it will begin on near about same time. At that time we would have no aircraft in active service both will be in shipyards. That's the reason why navy wants a third aircraft carrier to fill this service gap. So we can have two aircraft carriers deployed on all the times (While one is in maintainence). And also sir our aircraft carrier will mostly be deployed in the Indian Ocean where we have good naval infrastrcture. SO I think 3rd Aircraft Carrier makes sense. Do let me know your thoughts :)

[@prashantp2029]

Aircraft carrier + new navel aircrafts = too much of defense budget When we don't have enough subs, missile boats and other defense machines....it makes no sense at all to invest on aircraft carrier. It's like a king buying the sharpest and the costliest sword but does not have full body armour and also yet to fortify his castle and kingdom. There are simply too many better and cheaper options than spending such huge chunk of budget on aircraft carriers

[@krishnabhagat1769]

Absolutely correct, China has acquired itself alot of submarines because they are usually practical. 👍

[@harshverdhan6159]

We need more submarine, distroyer & frigate with supersonic & hypersonic missiles.

[@viewerr69]

I bet Abhijit sir cant destroy this argument: Big ship go boom boom

[@TheLazySloth7]

We are only struck in building aircraft carriers worth 10s of billion of dollar. And Andaman Nicobar and Lakshadweep in laughing in the corner...😂

[@soumikmodak6064]

Indian Navy wants to build INS Virat (which will be the biggest Air craft carrier of India) as quickly as possible.. But I heard the NSA Ajit Doval ji constantly standing against this decision.. I understand now why he has been doing that. Really we should focus on building more destroyers and submarines. And we need to leave the stereotypical thought processes of the 20th century.

[@thatdisciplinedguy2468]

#SaveShwetabhGangwar

[@trainmaniac8910]

#AskAbhijit , Sir your thoughts on India going to resume trade with Pakistan. Isn't it funding terrorism in Kashmir valley?

[@sudhanshusingh8343]

Aircraft carriers are mostly to establish dominance in that particular maritime region. When the whole battle group moves , it assert it's presence and only job which it accomplishes is to keep the enemy in defensive mode and not allowing them any aggressive stance. Even if the aircraft carriers are an easy target, mind it they are loaded with so many fighter jets which can be loaded with nukes. Even 2-3 jets are able to take off and fire their nukes in the enemy territory it's a huge gamble which they will think 100 times to play in their own backyard. Americans are only able to assert their dominance in south China sea because of the likes of Gerrard Fords and Carl vinsons. It's not a simple maths. Battle group won't wait for the 251st. They will also counter attack and mind it they have 10 -20 billion dollars at stake while u can lose the whole country.Blue water navy is still a reality. Not only war but it can choke your trade routes 1000 miles away from your territory. American think tanks are not juvenile that they won't assess the current situation. Even now 3 Ford class carriers are under construction.

[@sudhanshusingh8343]

I am not discrediting anybody's point of view but the role of carrier is very different from jets or drones or subs for that matter. Now the question arises is whether they are necessity. Absolutely not and that's why many countries don't invest in that. They are for dominance. In India's case it's only for countering Chinese else India won't be needing 2. For Americans it's a different ball game. They have to maintain their huge presence in any part of the world at any given point of time to influence that region and be at the helm of sole Global power

[@peekingowl4074]

Sorry to say but there are no submarines i the world that cost 100 million dollars,each sub atleast cost 700+ million dollars.submarines are expensive aswell. Though I completely agree with him with AC's are obsolete. There was a naval exercise between U S navy and Sweden. The Swedish navy actually sunk an nuclear aircraft carrier with a cheap diesel electric submarine bypassing the whole carrier strike group.(it was a naval exercise not a war)

[@cyno002]

Japanese submarine, not new one but used one. Japan use and replace their submarine much before they expire, they do this to keep running their own indigenous submarine company. if you procure them with number it will cost around 100mill.

[@peekingowl4074]

@@cyno002 india used to procure old 2nd hand warships before but now india don't purchase that kind of things .....also those ships have gone through half of service life.....in that case indian navy is also retiring kilo class subs which are still capable....few years ago a indian kilo. Class sunk a los Angeles class nuclear sub of American navy in a naval exercise.india is procuring submarines that are very mordern and keep up for future applications

[@Aegon_Targaryen]

Diesel Submarines will cost you about 250-500 million dollars

[@Silver_crap]

I agree with you opinion..And also we shouldn't underestimate our defence organizations.as per the aircraft carrier I think it's more of a political stunt !afterall you cant brag in front of public with the likes of submarine or missile boat.

[@Abhishek-hk3ql]

Once stallion said quantity has its quality of its own. Who agrees

[@vaibhavchechi7749]

Can you please put small briefs of your quotes on Instagram as a post so that it becomes easier to share your knowledge with the world.

[@SatoruGojo-ts3ku]

Sir first of all aircraft carrier carry their own missile. In open sea a submarine can't carry 100 missile. Aircraft carrier never go close to enemy coastal area. It stay hundreds of kilometre away and aircraft do the rest of work. Some destroyer and frigates will be their to defend it and it doesn't mean they can't attack. If missile will come towards them they will also fire missile incounter. If you have to do air strikes far away from country. Then submarine won't work in that conditions. So it's important to have aircraft carrier. China, America and our navy admiral aren't fool that they will waste money if it was that easy to destroy. We already saw use of aircraft carrier in 1971 war. When a battle group of American aircraft carrier move it sanitize area of 1000 km and Indian battle group move it sanitize area of 600 km. So it won't be easy to come close to aircraft carrier. So, your logic isn't working for me. Some submarine keeps moving with battle carrier. You said 250 or 300 missile can overwhelm destroy carrier and it's group. If we go with that logic than we shouldn't buy any naval ship, cuz in this world every thing has its counter product.For submarine it's torpedo, for aircraft and missile there is missile defense system. Aircraft craft never move in small group. It's move with huge group which contains submarine, destroyer, frigates, corvettes, cruisers.

[@diogomm710]

The Standard size for aircraft carriers in the XX century does not hold up long in total war against primary, and many secondary, powers today. For an idea of the size, look at what the italians have. We, in Brazil, just sent one of those as junk to be dismatled. I'm not kidding. However, the gigantic carriers are fine, if there are enough ships to guard them. Problem being even the US recognizes, publicly so, that They are in lack of over a 100 ships for the role, and the amount needed will increase over time. Only successful continental countries and alliances will operate those, and there'll always be a small of supply of such political entities. **Your mil equipment sends a message!** Having standard carriers signals someone else will do the heavy lifting for you and/or you'll beat weak countries... So its either a militaliry non competing ally of the US... or vultures. Some countries fit both(UK :D), and have them. India being relatively disorganized and sending this message is kinda bad. Does India need to try and protagonize the next great war that much? It's pretty clear India is in a rush for that.

[@darkknight8588]

We need SEA DENIAL STRATEGY and need more and more submarines

[@ujjwal770]

ram ram ji

[@tatsavitar7281]

yes we need more attack ships and different attack and defense submarines to protect our borders in Indian oceans. We can be blue water navy with our two warships when need arises. This idea of aircraft carriers is waste even we can develop Andmaan Nikobar island and one in Western ocean as a stationed Aircraft carrier it will never sink. We need to think about it so soon before Taiwan comes to China control because after that Indian waters, Arunachal, Leh Laddakh all will become Chinese next target. In my view we need 100 + double engine fighter planes with refueling probes which can land on our Carriers and non moving carriers equipped with brahmos 450+ km range it will be lethal against china and Pakistan. Look at the Chinese militia navy it has 100000 ships which can invade any water space and can overwhelm any navy with their small attacks.

[@divyamlala]

True Nuclear submarines are more capable than aircraft carrier. Look at russian navy they got this early

[@WilliBond0007]

No.

[@nationalistnationalist2093]

Can you elaborate and explain why

[@WilliBond0007]

@@nationalistnationalist2093 an aircraft carrier is huge, in order to have planes fly on and off. Drones will make human fighter planes obsolete for several reasons. You do not need a HUGE target like an aircraft carrier anymore. SO many ways to easily take them down.

[@lalruhlanga]

None of your business

[@porus6072]

?

[@j_9307]

The aircraft carrier is great for nations that love to oppress and wage war from very far (USA). In India’s case, the aircraft carrier won’t be very useful as it’s two main enemies (Pakistan and China) are within range of Indian jets taking off from Indian air bases. Overall for India, more aircraft carriers are not worth it. India can use that money to invest in another great defence equipment such as Destroyers, Submarines, and more planes.

[@AjayChouhan-qr6xo]

This I totally disagree with

[@harddriller_vengeance]

#askabhijit @Abhijit_chawda as per Yuval Noah harari is religion is made up by human ? The proof of strait and dwarika is not solid proof of ramayana and Mahabharata also. The only single energy exist is human mind .. Comment sir I am on the verge of becoming an atheist ⚛️. Enlighten me..

[@sushilsingh2099]

I do agree with you. Indian Navy has also advocated to prioritise 6 SSNs before 3rd aircraft carrier. Those SSNs has to be advanced keeping future in mind, not usual subs that we use today. Maybe something on par with Log Angeles or Virginia class subs. Will cost ~200-300 Mn$ a piece.

[@Nileshpandey0907]

I was a big suppoter Aircraft career and i eagerly wanted that india Should start building INS vishal as soon as possible but this video has opened my eyes now i am well aware of this theory that submarines, and missiles boats are much lethal than Aircraft career and as we are already on tight budget we should acquired more submarines, destroyers and frigates instead of making this Gargantuan elephant. 31/08/2022 Wednesday 10:25AM

[@sudhirlakshmanan]

True sir. But why doesn't India fast track it's submarine acquisition or manufacturing. P-75I doesn't seem like it will happen. We don't have any SSNs. And China has 7 times more submarines than us.

[@yogendrashukla3629]

We have 2 SSN class submarines 1st INS Arihant 2nd one is INS Arighat which will be commissioned soon (2022 only) And in project 75I we are going through the selection process of choosing the partner nation and it takes time when we talk about big nations and the big projects So I chill bro 😁 Jai hind 🇮🇳 Hope understand

[@sudhirlakshmanan]

@@yogendrashukla3629 INS ARIHANT and INS ARIGHAT are not SSNs, they are SSBNs. SSN is a nuclear fast attack submarine like the los Angeles class Submarines of the US Navy. SSBNs are ballistic missile submarines used to complete nuclear triad deterrence like the OHIO class submarines of the US Navy. They serve very different purposes. SSBNs are supposed to hide in the depths and SSNs are supposed to lead an attack. And about P-75i we now have maybe 15 Submarines and except 7 scorpene or kalvari class everything is outdated. We are just upgrading russian kilo class Submarines just like our mig-21 bison in the air force. Without P-75i and P-75alpha and many such submarine acquisition projects we are going to be left behind even by Pakistan who has bought 8 new submarines from the Chinese navy. The Chinese have 50 conventional and about 20 nuclear submarines. I understand it takes time but this is unusual time like the MMRCA project of the IAF.

[@THUGPUTIN]

Numbers won't matter so much... China and India doesn't share or have sea conflict... Both countries have interest in their sea region.. That's it.. China vs India will always be in land... So please stop with the Chinese navy crap... It's built to control South China sea.. If China gets south China sea they'll not worry about malaca route blockade because they'll get all the resources (oil&gas) they need in south China sea itself... They'll skip the normal product/containers trade root to belt road... (currently majority of Chinese oil/gas passes Indian ocean and Malacca) So, they'll become fully independent in export and import...

[@sudhirlakshmanan]

@@THUGPUTIN yeah about that brother China wants to expand. Sure it wants to ibe independent, it will get it's oil and gas and stuff. But it will control 90% of the world's trade. It will not stop at being independent. China wants to make other countries dependant. It of course has interest in The Indian Ocean. And quantity has a quality of its own.

[@Rohit-Jat]

@@yogendrashukla3629 Arihant class submarines are SSBN not SSN. We don't have any SSN

[@prateekdubey7008]

Should india build artificial islands , around bay of Bengal and Arabian sea and build a military base on it ,instead of making an aircraft carrier?

[@mylord8105]

Yess

[@shaangaming350]

Actually we don't need to built . We already have Andaman islands and lakshay deep which are at vital location

[@shaangaming350]

We have to make them military bases on one side and other side as a tourist location .

[@adityamukherjee7038]

I think 3 Aircraft Carriers will be more than enough for India to deter China. In my opinion, we should focus more on submarines, especially nuclear powered submarines. I would also want our third Aircraft Carrier to be fully nuclear powered if possible coz a nuclear powered AC or submarine has virtually unlimited range and is a great tool of power projection

[@sankhz54]

for these India defense budget of the US

[@adityamukherjee7038]

@@sankhz54 what are you trying to say bruh??

[@harivanshdayal8808]

Submarines sure are more lethal than a carrier but the purpose of a carrier stike group is to control and dominate all areas off conflict, which includes the sky!! Land based defence systems can be taken down by fighters. And destroyers do offer protection against subs. But as you mentioned, it's more practical to distribution firepower than centralising it!

[@anishdas4760]

Destroyers are nothing in presence of submarines a carrier battle group is waste without nuclear attack submarines so me require atleast 10 to 12 nuclear attack submarines not 6

[@antoinemaxima6036]

@@anishdas4760 Submarines only do one thing well. They sneak in, use their extremely limited weapons, then leaves. They are completely inefficient at everything else. Militaries need flexibility to do things othen than fight a war.

[@ReligioCritic]

Guys I've made a video on the topic, "How did India not become muslim majority even after centuries of Islamic rule, if the Mughals/Turks were intolerant?" I would really appreciate if you check that out.

[@robustlion]

Its due to Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the Maratha Empire. When the Hinduism was on the brink of extinction, Chatrapati raised up as the saviour. Kings like Maharana Pratap, Raja Hemu , Rani lakshmibai, Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and many more kings have equal role to keep Hindu culture alive in subcontinent.

[@b.l.0427]

@@robustlion there also hamu there also chola/pandya there also Vijaya nagar there also Assam and tripuras empire there also Rajput

[@Defaultrafale12]

I would disagree. Modern aircraft carriers are very different than what was being referred to in the Vietnam war. Which was the uss card. Which was a 1942 carrier which was made in 2 years and for 3 million dollars. It was a very cheap and small even then, outdated carrier. With very low tonnage. It's really hard to sink a carrier today even when you hit it.

[@vibhavkumardewangan6245]

You just need some brahmos missile to take it out😂 and how you gonna defend against world's fastest missile( brahmos)?

[@Defaultrafale12]

​@@vibhavkumardewangan6245 by air defense systems. Brahmos isn't the worlds fastest missile. It has a speed of 2.8 mach. An intercepting missile of the s400 the 40N6E has a speed of 11 mach. And even if it hits an aircraft carrier will not sink. Naval vassals with large tonnages are not easy to sink. The USS nevada survived a nuclear bomb for example.

[@prashanttomar8303]

True. 4-5 billion of aircraft carrier then 5-6 billion dollars of fighter jets for it. 20-25 submarines of can be far more lethal

[@prakharsrivastava8181]

#AskAbhijit Many historians state that Ramayan is about 7000 years old while people who've read the scriptures believe that Ramayan happened in the 24th Mahayug (we are in the 28th Mahayug) which makes it almost 1.8 crore years old. What is your opinion on these facts?

[@dhruvboy123]

Quantity trumps over Quality. 100s of Small - mid range warships better than 1 aircraft carrier.

[@harveyepstein8256]

aircraft carrier is like a gigantic bullseye that read, "aa bhai mujhe maar". destroyers and fast cheaper and replaceable.

[@kunal.....]

Truly obsolete

[@mayanktiwari8072]

sir are Artificial Islands best alternative to Aircraft Carrier?

[@hankayi6978]

Have you all forgot what happened in 1971 with Americans when they saw soviet submarines????????

[@v_introvert]

Mr Abhijeet ,last time an aircraft was in combat was in Vietnam war ,but 4 years before in Bangladesh liberation war ins vikranth played a crucial role . I know it was long ago but still we can use aircraft carrier with Pakistan or impliment naval blockade and its still have some use as our navy doesn't have to face china main land , it just needs to apply naval blockade . Please respond 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@brijeshchandrakar]

Aircraft carriers are great during peace time to project power. India needs aircraft carriers but not now. But when we are 10 trillion economy. Until then we should get as many submarines as possible.

[@jainam3182]

#Ask Abhijit - USA has power to change regime in some countries , does INDIA has such power to change regime and establish pro Indian govt. In a country

[@RAHULSINGH-7_]

Bro we do in past u know

[@hindustansocialistrepublic5545]

Last time aircraft carrier engaged in open fire was in Falklands war

[@Sir_Realist]

Absolutely spot on. Aircraft carriers are sitting ducks. Besides the acquisition cost, the operational costs are significant. However I don’t agree using nuclear weapons to destroy ships.

[@jakobberger2363]

Everything reeks inflation in the economy don't know who , however a person desires to pay attention to this , you have to stop relying on the government and saving all of your money . Venture into making an investment a few in case you actually want monetary freedom

[@propene]

Destroy the target from where the enemy's missiles comming from not need to defend 250 missiles.

[@anushraj3999]

#Ask Abhijit Sir, would tell us about the napoleon's invasion of Russia.

[@maverick_always]

Last time aircraft carriers were threatened was in Falklands well after Vietnam . But yes your argument is valid that they are not required but the supporting evidence is wrong

[@aryaman.agnihotri]

#askabhijit Sir did Shah Jahan get hands of the workers who made the Taj Mahal chopped ? …..Regards Guruji🙏🏻

[@ayushsrivastava5776]

If limited missiles for defense is so problematic then why buy s 400 buy large quantity of akash ng

[@Noname123rr]

I have understood this 10 years ago. If you don't understand people should need to see tech in some games..

[@subratsohane8789]

#Askabhijeet like today in schools in class 11th or 12th study is... Will it be the same after 50 years or modified or completely different ?

[@Bcool.buddy1234]

We should make submarine carrier

[@dheerajmurthy5019]

I agree with u but having 2 or 3 is good but more than 5 like USA is useless and just showoff or exhibition.

[@Aditya-nt8fw]

Please come on Mr Sandeepji Maheshwari show.

[@anishdas4760]

That aircraft carrier just liberated a whole country we need both carrier and nuclear submarines if our navy had to become a super navy like america china Russia

[@mongalmay6463]

A 3rd AC is really not a necessity if logically perceived. Sea denial threat countering assets like nuclear attack long range nuclear stealth submarines submersible vehicles 20 to 30 in numbers , surveillance and strike drones will do the required job.

[@shubhamrana99]

Instead we can use andaman nicobar and lakshwadeep island to guard out nation.

[@vushalshindefggvvfw34445]

I think the same single person should not talk about both science and also culture

[@sherlokholmes7578]

Export air craft carriers ?

[@Umarkhan-zj7vb]

Ex cds late gen bipin rawat said the same thing

[@ravisingh9470]

White elephant 😂😂

[@dpkchohan]

I think we should have Air aircraft carriers now that also small. Lets say and big aircraft can attach/can keep 2-4 fighter gets in them. And, it flys really high and can drop an fighter jet where its needed.

[@tourkix6314]

Nuke attack subs

[@chaitanyahlwcajnfyl637]

I think whatever he said Is true

[@bijuhanse1029]

Bro is Nazam ul Hasan bajwa your guru

[@tanmayzutshi6205]

Carrier's are cool

[@vid742]

Why did India vote against Russia at UN 5 days ago?