India's carrier ambitions are connected to interests extending beyond the Indian Ocean. Its relationships involve states able to project power globally. In this interpretation, India wants sufficient reach to participate alongside those powers and influence decisions. The argument concerns the strategic purpose of larger carriers, without settling their eventual design.
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Why Indian carrier ambitions extend beyond the Indian Ocean
India's wider connections and dealings with powers capable of global deployments are offered as reasons for pursuing more capable carriers.