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The Juan Carlos might have a ski ramp but they don't have arrestor gear and fitting them onto a ship is not a simple task but would require MASSIVE re-design work and would take up a lot of internal space thereby deminishing the ship's load carrying capacity. It might not even be possible.

Even with F-35s the IN's LHD would have to have special surface coating for the deck as the F-35B's engine is ENOURMOUSLY hot. The In is never going to get F-35s and they aren't interested in fixed wing a/c on their LHD.

N-LCA will never operate from anything other than a aircraft carrier, the IN is not interested in fixed wing aviation beyond their carriers.

IMO, the IN is intentionally going slow on this procurement- it isn't a priority for them as of now and they don't even have the helos to meet their current operational requirements, let alone to serve on dedicated LHD.