The Chief of Army Staff General Sam Manekshaw had achieved what no other military in the world could, including the US with all its wizardry had not earlier accomplished: the birth of a new nation, Bangladesh.
While media paeans rightly acclaimed the fact that 76% of the carrier's overall ‘float’ content was local in origin, it is also true that nearly 70% of its ‘fight’ content and an equal proportion of its ‘move’ category is imported.