Is an Aircraft Carrier a Self Contained Combat Package?

An aircraft carrier never travels alone. It travels with an escort force of warships, from destroyers and frigates to sambarines. A carrier battle group can travel 400 to 500 nautigal miles in a day. If india believes its primary area of strategic interests lie from the east coast of africa to the malacca strait then er we need at least three aircraft carriers,. One for the eastern seaboard, one for the western seaboard while the third one undergoes a refit and maintenance cycle.