Posted on 07/18/2017 8:02:34 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
ZHUKOVSKY (Moscow Region), July 18. /TASS/. Russia’s Defense Ministry is in talks with aircraft builders to develop an advanced vertical take-off and landing fighter jet for a future aircraft cruiser on the basis of planes produced by the Yakovlev Company, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said on Tuesday.
"The Defense Ministry’s plans … somewhere at the finish of the state armament program for 2018-2025 envisage the commencement of the construction of a new aircraft cruiser and, of course, a new generation of aircraft will emerge by that time," Borisov said.
"Today, Su-33 and MiG-29 aircraft are the backbone of aircraft carriers, specifically, the Admiral Kuznetsov. The Defense Ministry’s plans envisage developing an advanced short take-off and landing aircraft and, possibly, a vertical take-off and landing plane, and we are discussing this with our aircraft-building companies," he said at the MAKS-2017 international airshow outside Moscow.
"This is the development of the Yakovlev family of aircraft that was terminated. Such plans exist and we are discussing them, including the possible development of these areas for an advanced plane for aircraft carriers," he said.
More: http://tass.com/defense/956811
Expect to damage the ship and kill a few sailors to boot. Vertical take off works better on land. If you want to have a small quick attack force you can try the attack helicopter or jet/helicopter hybrid. Because a lifting blade that pivots works better on a ship than a jet engine that pivots. The reason is that a blade pulls itself up, while a jet pushes off the ground. Therefor there is far less blow back from a blade than a jet. And jet blow back can damage ships, surrounding planes and cause casualties.
The building and operations of super-carriers is really, really hard to do; and only the United States Navy can do it in this day and age.
Russians may be going this route because they know it is impossible for them to build and operate carriers.
From what I read, she is already on her way or back in port for a multi-years refit, that is suppose to keep her in service until 2030, they hope.
Article on their carrier & her 3 year refit-http://tass.com/defense/942687
-shrug- That was NACA’s conclusion, not mine. Though NACA’s final recommendation was to combine the two.
Thanks for the link. She might as well be in port. She was just a target sitting there off the Syrian coast.
You might think the Russians would have second thoughts about giving Yak the contract after their first abortion.
Also, they needed that flip nose thingy because they could never get that tub going fast enough on a reliable basis to provide the headwind.
I was going to say, they already had a good start on that!
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