Aircraft Carriers II (Closed to posting)
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The Falklands were actually a very dicey affair for the UK. They won alright, but had the Argentines been able to amass an effective, large scale raid on the carrier group itself, they may have been able to inflict severe damage on the carriers and won the war. The CAP was not strong enough to stop such an attack if it had been able to find, and then press the carriers.
But they never did.
The Mig-29K is an all weather aircraft. I believe it will do fine in such environs. The basic airframe has been around a long time, and I have not heard that the aircraft have a large reliability issue.
The UK had two carriers involved in the Falklands conflict...if the Virkamaditya and the Vikrant were to work together, they would be able to maintain a larger CAP of better aircraft than the Falklands Task force managed.
asif iqbal
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Yes HMS Hermes carriered 16 Sea Harriers and HMS Invinvcible carried 12 Sea Harriers totaling 28 Sea Harriers
In addition cargo container ships carried additional Harrier GR3 I think it was 14 or 12 so we have over 40 fighter aircraft
However the point to note is that the UK Harrier pilots were much better trained than thier Argentinian counter parts which was the factor which turned the tide of the war in addition to the Sidewinder, training, tactics, stratedgy and intelligence employed by the UK forces made sure they came out on top
Sometimes luck comes into it but at the end of the day it was a clear win fair and square no arguments about what if
We like to however ask the "what ifs" because it allows for adjustment of overall stratedgy to improve and make better the militray machine
India wants the Vikramaditya to be fully operational 6 months after her handover on 16 november. That means she will be fully operational around 16 may 2014. No Indian pilots will land on the Vikramaditya untill she arrives in India. The landing of a senior Indian naval pilot last month was just symbolic.
Hmmmm, what are the chances that China will have a air wing of 16 J-15's on the deck of the Liaoning by then?
Hmmmm, what are the chances that China will have a air wing of 16 J-15's on the deck of the Liaoning by then?
TerraN_EmpirE
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My bet, low to null the PLAN would have to step up its flight ops alot to meet operational status and Leiong is a training deck the PLAN won't put her near any hot water. That duty would go to China's true first indigenous carrier when ever she is built.
This death star is fully operational, right on the first part, but the Liaoning is the only Chinese aircraft carrier, they will use her for training, but that ain't all, my Dad was an IP in the C-130, in the 314th TTS based at Sewart AFB, south of Nashville, he ended up in Saigon, flying the MC-130e, my point is that while they were a training wing, they were a Tactical Training Squadron. Once they get 8-12 aircraft on board, with pilots, they will venture OUT of the Bohai, and they will PROJECT POWER, trust the old AFB on this, as in chess, you play the pieces you have, and the Liaoning is the Queen. She will likely be supplanted someday, but not today! If they had to, they could fly J-11Bs OFF of her, look at Dolittle's raiders, they were projecting power, remember, these are days the likes of which have never been seen before. brat
GREAT news! Thanks Navyreco for finding and posting this. I will repost to the LHA America Class thread.
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