[Carriage Hill]

“43,500t”

Is that a big carrier, compared to the Reagan or others in our Navy?

I see now that USS Reagan (CVN-76) *super*carrier is 101-104t, so it’s not really that big of one, in comparison. Still looks huge to me. Is the ski-jump deck because it’s a smaller carrier? Or do others have that feature, too?

[LSUfan]

We should be allying ourselves with India BIG-TIME. Instead, our continued dysfunctional relationship with two-faced Pakistan has made India suspicious of US policy.

We have two adversaries in common:

Red China and Islamic Jihadists.

Why are we making the Indians buy second-rate Soviet hand-me-downs? If the Admiral Gorshkov, which was laid down in 1978, could be renovated for India, why couldn’t much more capable former US Navy carriers, like the USS John F. Kennedy?

[ravager]

How about India buying the F-35s? Do you see any chance of that happening for the IAC-I and IAC-II?

[ravager]

It would be MUCH BETTER to have Rafale M operating on the Indian ACs compared to Mig-29Ks or Tejas but would be EVEN BETTER to have the F-35s.

[rmlew]

The Rafale M was designed for

[Malcolm2321]

Did they also consider/test the SU-33? Or is this going to be considered complimentary to their recent MMRCA Rafale purchase? Both great planes either way.