在印度人的眼里,航空母舰不仅是一支现代海军水面舰队的核心和最重要的打击力量,更是国家综合实力的体现,是其大国战略目标的助推器。印度的战略制定者们相信:只要拥有了航空母舰,印度就从此脱掉了落后和弱国的帽子;如果能同时拥有多艘航空母舰,印度便可成为有尊严的世界大国。在此战略指导下,印度海军目前正在加紧实施建立3支航母战斗群的计划,期望在2010年后同时拥有3艘航 In the eyes of Indians, the aircraft carrier is not only the core and the most important combat force of a modern naval fleet, but also the embodiment of the overall national strength as a booster of the strategic goals of its major powers. India’s strategy makers believe India has taken the hatchet behind and underprivileged as long as it has an aircraft carrier and India can become a dignified world power if it can own more aircraft carriers at the same time. Under the guidance of this strategy, the Indian Navy is now stepping up its plan to establish a three-aircraft carrier battle group and expects to have 3 airlines after 2010