Russia has officially offered Project 23000E carrier design to India

A Russian diplomat in India has confirmed to Defense News that a team from Moscow was in New Delhi last week to offer the Project 23000E aircraft carrier design to India.

Model aircraft carrier project 23000E at the «Army 2015» 3
By Artem Tkachenko (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The design is being offered to meet India’s requirement for a second indigenous aircraft carrier.