“Yawn-so tell me how does the Chinese silver bullet anti-ship ballistic missile reach the Viraat in the Arabian Sea or Bay of Bengal??? All the sources you quoted are at best dubious.”
Umm....the DF-21C has a range of 2000km. When launched from South eastern China, it pretty covers most of the Indian Ocean.
Moreover, nobody is talking about an all out naval war in South Asia. I don’t think any country in the area wants that right now. I’m merely pointing out that given the numerical and qualitative superiority that the PLAN has over the IN, China has a significant influence in the South Asian region whether India want’s it or not.
This is similar to the U.S position. We are going to have influence in South Asia regardless of India’s concerns simply because America is the superpower. These are just facts on the ground.
Umm ok, I should assume that a ballistic missile launched from China will be able to hit a moving carrier 2,000 km away-yeah right.
About Chinese capabilities-nobody’s doubting that. I’m only asking if any of it is IN THE REGION-how many warships and aircraft does the PLA have in South Asia????