Indian Navy personnel are unprofessional, prone to errors and unprepared to tackle emergencies, a Chinese state media article has said, commenting on a fire that claimed the life of a naval officer on India’s aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, last week. In its response, the Indian Navy said it “prides itself on the highest level of professionalism it maintains while operating a variety of high performance platforms on the frontline, ranging from aircraft carrier groups to nuclear submarines”. Quoting a military expert, who sounded triumphant about “accurately predicting” that fires could breakout on INS Vikramaditya, the article said the error-prone Indian Navy had failed to learn its lessons. A fire broke out on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya on Friday morning and officer, Lt. Cdr. Unlike in India where both the armed forces and media are relatively more open, the PLA and China’s controlled state media are said to tightly control the flow of information about the military — especially mishaps in military.

Source: Hindustan Times May 01, 2019 02:03 UTC