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In which case, I'm sure the DoD and General Atomics will be more than happy to evaluate the Mig-29K's potential for CATOBAR ops. All they need is a plane to closely examine... and the blueprints of course. :biggrin2:

No $hit it's only launched US aircraft. It's not our problem that you bought Russian carrier planes built for Russian carriers that don't have catapults. My understanding is that the Mig-29K was originally designed with the possibility of CATOBAR in-mind, but I don't know how much of than...

One internetz for well produced video, two internetz for beating F-35B onto the ski-jump. Feel free to rub a little UK face in that. Now... let's see a CATOBAR version.

Naval Rafale's wings don't fold either.

Against the scale of what large ships consume anyways, it makes little difference. Most of the CATOBAR carriers operated since the technology was developed have been conventionally powered. More relevant is fact that most warships these days tend to use gas rather than steam turbines, leaving...

That's about ship-size only and has nothing to do with CATOBAR capability. Fact is, far more CATOBAR ships have been built and operated without nuclear power than with it. That said, there has been speculation that sometime in the future, it may become cheaper for ships over ~40,000 tons to...

Can this be a sticky thread?