I wouldn't infer that, necessarily, unless you mean "incur battle damage", which I'm not planning on. Though I'm not really sure what Bharat might do, other than plod along.
Most of the BNS budget is going towards infrastructure, its one-carrier-at-a-time program, the DD/SS/SL pattern, and a few auxiliaries. Most of what's left goes to refitting the early '30s hardware. It doesn't really leave much to tinker with.
I concede that point; I think Bharat's the closest ex-ally it hasn't fought yet.
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