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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    We're already getting Rafale-M... Maybe ELAMS is possible
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    No need for design changes even... Better to simply scale-up a bit to 50k ton.
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Our hopes are irrelevant... They didn't built an indigenous P-75I based on our Scorpene & Amur experience. So I'm guessing we're not in a position to fulky exploit absorbed submarine tech.
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    It's more likely to be shelved in favour of SSK/SSNs. Maybe construction will start from 2025-30 if Navy manned to get funds cleared later on.
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Good. Let them station Brahmos equipped Su-30s at A&N first.
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    I predicted this quite a while ago... It was very likely, but also really bad news for TEDBF. Navy may not need it now.
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Another 50000 ton carrier would suffice, if they can somehow fit more jets into it... about 40.
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Not publicly released, but if it is doing trials to takeoff with external fuel tanks, it can be safely assumed to be able to do so with full internal fuel... otherwise that's just odd. Also, in December 2016 the IN rejected NLCA for being "too heavy, does not meet the thrust-to-weight...
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Are you sure you're making neutral assessments? Firstly, Mig-29KUB can take off sky-jump with 2x AAM, 3x tanks, 2x AShM... weight equivalent to 70-80% strike & 100% dogfight package. I don't know why they'll carry 50% weapon/fuel, as you claim, when even NLCA took off with full fuel & 4x AAMs...
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Have you?... And I mentioned "bomb-truck jets taking off at MTOW" to use one catapult at the side. Indeed, ski-jumps are unsuitable for strike roles with a lot of heavy bombs and missiles... The confirmed take-off loadout of Mig-29K is 2x AShM, 2x AAMs & 1/2x EFT so way less than what we see...
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    And why exactly is that? Full CATOBAR are much costlier to build & operate. The idea of "hybrid" is what I was pointing at. If TEDBF manages take off a sky jump with mission load, then there's no need to operate a catapult full time... just when a large aircraft is being launched or bomb-truck...
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Why? Vikramaditya is 45k ton but Kutzenov/Liaoning are 60k ton. No need of being of same size... I said about copying the concept. Our IAC-2 can have a sky-jump in the same way as Russian carriers, instead of being full CATOBAR. That'll reduce building & operating cost. Having a single EMALS to...
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    INS Vishal (IAC- II) Aircraft Carrier - Flattop or Ski Jump

    Originally planned replacement of Russia's Kuznetsov class aircraft carriers was Ulyanovsk class, scrapped due to fall of USSR. At 70-80,000 ton the concept was of comparable size as Vishal but had 4 launching positions, 2 on the ski-jump ramp & 2 electromagnetic catapults for larger ones (along...
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