Abstract
In this article, I study the newly commissioned ships and ships in development in the Chinese and Indian navies to analyze how the Chinese People’s Liberation Army–Navy (PLA-N) and the Indian Navy view the other’s modernization. I argue that the Chinese and Indian navies’ development can be explained by defensive realism and that they will take steps according to this view. I predict that the Indians will focus on developing a navy that can defeat the PLA-N in Indian-dominated waters, while the PLA-N will develop anti-submarine assets to counter the Indian nuclear triad.
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