China Adds New Dimension To ‘Asian Aircraft Carrier’ Race

The Liaoning sails during military drills in the Pacific. Beijing’s first-ever carrier Liaoning forays into South China Sea

by Ajay Banerjee






India Leads



India is the leader with 50 years of experience in operating sea-borne aircraft carriers while Japan, for the first time since World War-II, has made flat-deck warships but doesn’t call them ‘aircraft carriers’



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