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Are Indo-Japan Navies well prepared to counter PLA Navy?

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Are Indo-Japan Navies well prepared to counter PLA Navy? By:- Kartikeya Semwal Of late, China has been focusing on increasing its PLA Navy’s strength in terms of ships. In the name of trying to deal with anti-piracy missions and to provide humanitarian missions across the Indo-Pacific region, it has added over 150 ships in the past decade (2010-2020). And by doing so, China’s PLA Navy has transformed itself from a green-water to a blue-water navy that has reach and can operate anywhere. In the process, it has also surpassed the US Navy fleet in terms of combat ships.  PLA Navy Ships sailing in combat formation But little does everyone know that by using various excuses, China has improved its fleet only to encroach on maritime territories of neighboring countries that are smaller in size & can’t match PLA Navy’s firepower alone. And by encroaching other countries’ maritime areas, it wants to mine out all the available underwater resources including fishes. And this very issue has