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To: butlerweave

My guess is their aircraft will be V/STOL. Nn need for catapults and wire landings. Used to be there were performance limitations on V/STOL aircraft . Don’t know if that still holds true. I do know the difficulty of landing on a carrier was a major reason for the Russkies not going in that direction.


48 posted on 11/11/2019 6:53:19 PM PST by xkaydet65
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To: xkaydet65

The Russian VTOL aircraft didn’t actually work either.

The Chinese are operating copies of navalized MiG-29s off their carriers - they’re large ski-jump carriers... so far. They’re working on CATOBAR.


50 posted on 11/11/2019 7:15:05 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: xkaydet65

The Type 2 and 3 will be EMALS - no wire. Vertical takeoff planes like the F-35C (?) cannot carry as much ordnance as catapult or EMALS plane can, plus decks need special plate to take the heat adding topside weight which limits the CVN in other respects


68 posted on 11/12/2019 1:40:36 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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