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To: sukhoi-30mki

QE doesn’t have the diagonal runway/catapult?


2 posted on 07/03/2014 5:47:37 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: headstamp 2

No, but the design accomidates them, and they can be retrofitted if desired, the Brits actually have gone back and forth on the matter at least once since they started building, with predictable resulting cost increases.


3 posted on 07/03/2014 5:52:56 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: headstamp 2

Further, the Brits are planning to operate the F-35B from them, which lands vertically. So no need for an angled deck.

The Kuznetsov class carriers operated by Russia and the ChiComs are STOBAR: Short take off but arrested landing. They operate conventional jets that require an arrested landing, but use skijumps not catapults for launch.

Missing from the picture is India’s “new” carrier, the old Kiev class Gorshkov. Shes been converted from VSTOL to STOBAR, flying MiG-29Ks. Looks like a Kuznetsov Mini-me.


4 posted on 07/03/2014 5:59:48 AM PDT by tanknetter
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