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You need to cool down the reactor and remove the heat. So steam is a by product whichever way you may like to use the reactor. Now if you convert this steam energy first into electrical energy and than drive the shafts, you will lose double the energy in converting it from one form to another...

What IN can achieve is a complete blockade of IOR and sea denial of complete SCS. Sea Denial is different from sea control. In sea denial you raise the stakes so high thru use of subs and other assets like fighters that enemy has to pay a very very high cost for using those sea lanes.

Let me tell you how it happens. A ship designed for steam boilers or for gas turbines need same kind of huge engine rooms to house the machinery. The volume is nearly same but the floor density varies. A nuke ship and non nuke ship have many things in common except that instead of boilers, they...

As of now, only they can.

IAC-2 was supposed to be CATOBAR but its propulsion and type of CAT still needs to decided. I am pretty sure that IN wud have created two internal designs for such an eventuality. Originally, the steel cutting was supposed to start for IAC-2 the day IAC-1 gets launched.

Bro, I know that we have a bit relaxed definition of time but we are not that bad also as you make us out. 2022-25 is my window for IAC-2.

Have you ever heard of regional conflicts with dissimiler strength. Conventional will be needed but when we talk of superpowers with tons of money at thier disposal, the game changes. I was a boxer in NDA and I am boxing Blue. We have weight categories in boxing and wrestling, why???

Pls understand that whatever is atmosphere bound is going to be history soon. We need to put money in space based weapons now to reap the rewards. Stealth etc are going to be obselete in next 15-20 yrs.

It is not just the tailhook distance from the main gear but also the landing attitude of the ac which makes a difference and also the height of the landing gear and length of the tailhook. A small landing gear can have longer tailhook very close and yet be effective while you can have a small...

Let this ac go to the deck. I have operated from Deck but in a VSTOL, we will see how many of these ac will go overboard and how many will land safely? Things look good on land based facilities but when ship is rolling and pitching, things can go out of hand. However I must also accept that USN...

are you aware that F-35 has a problem in engaging the wire if it lands between two wires? when an ac touches down between two wires, its main gear goes over the wire and if the distance is small between the main gear and the hook, wire does not get enough time to rise up to be caught by the hook...

Once you guys sort out the problem of F-35 regarding its tailhook, you can call it a ship based fighter as of now, the problem of tailhook being very closely positioned to main gear has this aircraft unfit for ships. I hope you are aware of this problem.

which aircraft wud you choose between two if one is quick footed like a rabbit and other is a pregnant buffalo. Boeing in its own presentation had accepted that F-18SH needed new engines which were ready but needed funds for being certified and till than F-18 will suffer from range and...

F-35 VSTOL version is not needed by IN. The CATOBAR version has serious design issues. of the MMRCA contendors, only Rafale has a marine version. IN had nearly gone in for another 45 MIG-29Ks when Rafale was announced L-1. So IN decided to have a relook. Rafale-M in its present form can operate...

The requirement of fighters for replacing Sea Harrier and for equipping two Aircraft carriers, Vikramaditya and IAC-1 has been met by importing 46 Mig-29Ks/KUBs and N-LCA. IAC-2 will be a CATOBAR config so we have no requirment for more of these aircraft or for that matter even F-35. If Rafale...