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Here are some legacy Hornets with a better perspective for comparison and they are smaller than Super Hornets. 10:52 and 12:11 That perspective makes the E-2 look smaller than the SH.

That is the surge rate, the campaign rate is half of that.

So it wasn't comparing CdG... nice. FYI a Nimitz carrier only generates 160 sorties per day and CdG 80. https://www.senat.fr/rap/r99-358/r99-3583.html

No! A/C needs a top speed of at least 27knts to launch AWACs which is why the UK is not an option, it is too slow with only 80MW of power. EMALS is only as good as the power it has to charge it. If you have low power supply your sortie generation will be slower or you sacrifice power of the...

Last time I checked Rafale was a twin engine delta wing.

It depends on how many aircraft you intend to operate and how long the missions last. If it is 100 aircraft flying 30 minute sorties... it is necessary. If you are flying 40 aircraft for several hour long missions, it doesn't impact anything if the Air Boss knows what they are doing.

In order to avoid that, Vikrant needs to be converted to this...

The Super Hornet is out of the question. It is 5 tonnes heavier than Rafale with much higher wing loading. Delta wing and canards is the perfect choice for a STOBAR carrier if you want to take off with a usable combat load.

We are in the middle of definition studies for our future carrier(s). We can offer the design of the British carriers, as we were the ones who designed them, but it wasn't worth us buying and I doubt India would want it looking at the costs associated in the British programme... which Is why we...

It is actually the MoD's job to secure their assets. In order to cut costs they failed to hire security as part of the contract.

I don't think I have ever seen a commissioning ceremony for an air con before. I guess when you sail in waters that hot you pray that it keeps working.

You need 3-4 to provide full radar pickets of the fleet, but the Ka-31 only has a 2.5 hour mission time so it will need twice that many to keep it on station as it goes back to refuel. Viki will never carry 26 MiG-29s, the load out is sub 20 to make room for more helicopters which are vital for...

The Vikramaditya air group includes INAS 339, a squadron of Ka-31s. Without a long endurance AWACs you need many AEW helicopters to maintain 24hr coverage as the eyes of the fleet. INAS 330 provides ASW with Sea Kings.

Since it doesn't have AWACs they need a helicopter squadron for AEW.

Naval Group wouldn't offer the CdG design, they would have offered the PA2 design which is the British aircraft carrier.

Naval Group is majority owned by the state, but Dassault is not. The state is trying to sell its stake in Naval Group for a long time. The problem is making sure we maintain sovereignty if the buyers try moving it out of the country. Actually it is over a third owned by Thales.

There is no point of speaking of foreign acquisitions ever. Indian PSUs make everything on time and is fully indigenous in all of its capabilities. The days of importing 70% of defence products is suddenly over because you say it is. Even the Make in India components have fallen from 48% to...

Of course it matters if it is proven, otherwise you could claim anything like MK2 will be ready on time. We all know it won't so stop pretending.

Take a look at MiG-29K, it can't withstand the pounding of hard deck landings so it is always in maintenance. Rafale M and Super Hornets are already rated and proven for such abuse by having reinforced airframes and high shock absorbing landing gear.

The cause of delay is the supply of aviation items from Russia according to CPS Vice Admiral Hari Kumar. If it was not for Russian incompetence it would be doing sea trials now. It is easy to see why IN wants to ditch Russian naval aviation, they are totally inept at it.