There is a bitter fight going on the scenes, where some want to sell the Kitty Hawk to India, and the pro-China lobbyists are pulling out all the stops to prevent that from happening.
She could probably serve another decade in the service of India. She could carry on the fight under another flag. Hate to see good warships end like this.
I’m just glad that my favorite, the USS Missouri is watching over the graves of the brave men on the USS Arizona.
India doesn’t have the fleet infrastructure to support large deck carriers at the present time. Buying the Kitty Hawk is a pipe dream. India would settle for getting the Russians to finish the Gorshkov.