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To: Mariner

There’s no point talking about Japan’s achievements in WW2. In the present day, only US and French (one ship) carriers have the capability to launch high performance aircraft into combat. Russia’s sole carrier has the specifications but little or no meaningful deployment record. The Harrier carries used by some countries (Italy/India/Spain/Thailand) would be limited to air defense/support of US operations).


39 posted on 11/18/2010 7:06:57 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I thought India has a carrier that they operate russian built migs from.


43 posted on 11/20/2010 12:10:25 AM PST by Always Independent
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To: sukhoi-30mki; Mariner
The Brazilian carrier Sao Paulo has a squadron of twelve A-4 Skyhawks. While not much use in air-to-air ops, they are still effective strike aircraft.
46 posted on 11/20/2010 9:18:54 AM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
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