To: ganeemead
You could launch a destroyer off a carrier with the power those steam catapults generate.
4 posted on
11/30/2016 5:10:39 AM PST by
Don Corleone
(Oil the gun, eat the cannolis, take it to the mattress.)
To: Don Corleone
No catapults; no ski ramp either. Photo shows forward vertical lift fan doors open at lift off. Same technique used by Harriers.
Basically, an amphibious ship(minus well deck) imitating an escort carrier. Wonder how long it would take to run through its aviation ordnance stores during full scale close air support operations? (Problem during “Harrier Carrier” ops in OIF.)
9 posted on
11/30/2016 5:42:01 AM PST by
Captain Rhino
(Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
To: Don Corleone
Uhhmmm... you do know that these ships do not have catapults don't you? That's why the need of the STOVL, short takeoff and vertical landing, variant of the F-35.
11 posted on
11/30/2016 5:53:28 AM PST by
Freeport
(The proper application of high explosives will remove all obstacles.)
To: Don Corleone
Identify the location of the steam catapults
Inquiring minds want to know
29 posted on
11/30/2016 4:37:43 PM PST by
Oztrich Boy
("Laws are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools" Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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