War on the Rocks published on 7 May 2024 a commentary titled "It's Still the Indian Ocean: Parsing Sino-Indian Naval Competition Where It Counts" by Prashant Hosur Suhas and Christopher K. Colley.
India's naval strategy is geographically well defined and confined to the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, and Arabian Sea. China is focused on offshore waters and the Pacific. While China's navy is much larger than India's and more modern, it is not designed at the present time for an Indian Ocean contingency.
