because buying an aircraft carrier is not like buying a TV or fridge that you go to a store and buy. There are many strategic concerns. Also, there are a very few countries that have the capability of building their own ships, leave along a battlegroup strike carrier.Believe it or not, India has this capability in Mumbai,Cochin,Kolkata and Vizag. and it building its own aircraft carrier in mumbai. Giving away a carrier only means the country that owns it wants to retire it and wants to profit from its retirement.India's current geo-strategic situation may not demand a carrier right now, but no one knows how things will pan out tomorrow.A carrier strike group is a force projector and gives the Indian Navy strategic reach.Which is absolutely essential considering our neighbours.By the way, the kitty hawk is coming up for retirement this year and has been working for the past 40 years and the americans want to sell it to us.It is because they have bigger and more powerful carriers like the Nimitz and Enterprise which are nuclear powered and Kitty Hawk is not.Also, it gives the americans strategic leverage when the multi role combat aircraft deal is signed. They can always say, choose the F/A 18, it will work for your navy as well as your airforce and no other country is offering India an aircraft carrier for the fighter jet deal besides the Americans.It is a fully operational vessal when compared to the Gorshkov and gives us an option of choosing sellers.Also, this happens to be
