A bizarre comment stirred speculation India may try to match China's carrier fleet

• "We will not stop at that (three carriers)," India's defense minister recently said.
• Five or six aircraft carriers would give India a force equal to that of China.
• "Unfortunately, the country lacks the funding for a large carrier," an analyst told BI.

India may build a fleet of five to six new aircraft carriers, according to a comment from the country's defense minister that's been widely debated about whether that's a good strategy or if the offhand remark was even serious.