To: sukhoi-30mki
Isn't this the first time the carrier is engaged in a real combat operation not a training exercise? The ship had been rusting in its home port for years, and was dragged out just now to see if it can perform. No wonder it struggles.
4 posted on
12/08/2016 5:58:07 AM PST by
TigerLikesRooster
(dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
To: TigerLikesRooster
However, academic exercises result in experience that cal be valuable for planning.
A negative result can be informative.
Unfortunately performing the exercise in the Medditeranean Sea for all to see, is embarassing
8 posted on
12/08/2016 6:09:58 AM PST by
bert
(K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Its planes struggle also since the lack of a CAT launch system makes it impossible for them to carry extra fuel thus limiting their range; further, the same limitation makes carrying anything other than a very light bomb load impossible; CAG seems to be limited also as a retuning MiG was allowed to circle until it ran out of fuel and crashed into the sea. And so on.
11 posted on
12/08/2016 6:20:26 AM PST by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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