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| Author: | Charybdis [ November 16th, 2013, 5:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Official hand over of INS Vikramaditya |
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cheat-sheet ... dia-446910 Interesting. |
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| Author: | klagldsf [ November 16th, 2013, 11:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Official hand over of INS Vikramaditya |
To call it a "supercarrier" is a bit misleading. It's only about 40,000 tons (not much bigger than a WWII-era carrier) and it hardly carries the air wing of a USN carrier. |
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| Author: | Karle94 [ November 17th, 2013, 1:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Official hand over of INS Vikramaditya |
Just what i am thinking. It has what, 20-30 planes? Normal peacetime air wing for US carrier is 50-60 planes, with a max capability of 120-130 F/A-18s. |
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| Author: | Thiel [ November 17th, 2013, 1:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Official hand over of INS Vikramaditya |
I'm pretty sure they're two thirds of that at most. |
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| Author: | klagldsf [ November 17th, 2013, 1:55 am ] | |
| Post subject: | Re: Official hand over of INS Vikramaditya | |
Just what i am thinking. It has what, 20-30 planes?
Considering that these are MiG-29s (and in the future, the Tejas) and not just Harriers or helicopters, that's still pretty impressive.
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| Author: | TimothyC [ November 17th, 2013, 3:05 am ] | |
| Post subject: | Re: Official hand over of INS Vikramaditya | |
Normal peacetime air wing for US carrier is 50-60 planes, with a max capability of 120-130 F/A-18s.
Max capacity that I've seen is around 72-96 Hornets and Superhornets.Also, the Indians are moving toward a realm that only the US, France, Russia, and Brazil inhabit (and China is moving towards) - the realm conventional fixed wing carrier aviation. |
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