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It takes a long time to make a new jet. Tejas Mk2 may be considered as a follow on program, but Tedbf is a ground up new aircraft/program. Expecting it to be in service anytime before 2030 is an impossibility.

I'll give a little formula for understanding the effective limitations that a STOBAR carrier puts on an aircraft. Fuel carried from StoBar = 50% of CatoBar Payload carried from StoBar = 50% of CatoBar. A significant amount of fuel is expended in taking off and reaching a patrolling/cruise...

Whats that going to achieve? NLCA was a tech demonstrator, not an actual option to buy for the navy. It doesn't have anywhere near the T/W, load margins to fly from a Stobar carrier.

Doesn't matter. Anything other than a Mig29 wouldn't fit. We went over this a few months ago on this thread.

'Too small' wouldn't be wrong.

Dokdo is korean. A formal declaration to buy 24 of F35B has already been put out. Japanese too are reconfiguring their Izumo class for F35B, of which 42 have been ordered. Both these ships displace 30k tons, and will be ordered /configured in pairs.

The upcoming dokdo class carrier will have the same configuration..

Clearing it is fine. But TEDBF is still on the design board. IOC may not happen till 15 years from now. Till then, its only mig 29.

'Ignorance' covers that. Ignorance about future integration of different platforms being one of them. Managing to fit lifts 10 feet wider than what they are now, shouldn't have been that big a deal.

More like deliberate ignorance aka stupidity.

F-18E goes to the hangar after every sortie the USN performs. I'll let you decide whether thats 'necessary' or not.

Lift size is no more than 30 ft wide ( same as Kiev class) Mig 29k folded wingspan - 26 ft F-18E/F folded wingspan - 32 ft Rafale fixed wingspan - 36 ft (no wing folding)

The size of the lifts pretty much torpedoes the integration of either rafale or F-18E.

Are there any overhead shots of the vikrant? Might help assessing lift size to a certainity.

How many mig 29 (uncrashed) have been written off as per you?

How many mig 29 (uncrashed) have been written off as per you?

So if Mig 29 is down and SH18 / Rafale don't fit, then what would IAC do for next 10 years? Till TEDBF comes online?

No. The 3 that i'm talking about all crashed while flying.. There's nothing 'fixable' about them.

Obviously..