He's a strategist not a naval warfare or air force warfare specialist. You've to see things & people for what they are not what you perceive them to be .Dude calling INS Betwa a frontline guided missile destroyer highlights his credibility pretty well
As far as RST's usual blah goes we had his beloved Pilatus's selection for which ACM N.A.K. Browne ought to be complimented & has he forgotten the Westland saga for which ACM Tyagi was jailed.
Besides there's the issue of selecting a newly built Russian TF to power the IJT which @Milspec has hinted many a times in the past was due to dodgy decision making by another ACM.