To: phoenix_004
I'm not gonna sweat it too much. Aside from the US and Great Britain, nobody has been able to float a true carrier since WW2. The Brits retired theirs in the 70's, and the Russian and French carriers are wrecks.
To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
You,re right.
And carrier operations are no snap.
8 posted on
06/16/2005 6:34:06 AM PDT by
ProudVet77
(NASCAR - Because it's the way Americans drive.)
To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
Actually, Brazil and India have been effectively operating carriers for quite a number of years. China has navalized versions of the SU-27 and is rumored to be training pilots on an airstrip of the size of a flight deck. However, it will take them until 2015 to learn carrier ops as it's not as easy as it sounds.
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