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Obi Wan Russell

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kickars said:
What is a 'round down'?
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The 'Round Down/Rounddown' is literally the after deck edge of the carrier's flight deck, aerodynamically shaped to reduce turbulence encountered by approaching CTOL aircraft as they come in to land. STOVL carriers don't have them as Harriers normally approach alongside the ship in hover mode and match speed with the deck, then 'translate' sideways over the ship and touch down vertically. CVF as designed had a CTOL style round down fitted aft so that if and when the ships are brought up to CTOL standard it will just be a matter of installing the arrestor wires and catapults (which the ships are already designed to accomodate, ie 'fitted for but not with') then painting the angled deck onto the ships. Omitting this feature from the ships now does not preclude re installing at a later date, and as I said earlier, is most likely a cosmetic measure intended to appease the bean counters without actually sacrificing any capability.
 
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Thanks Obi Wan for that great answer!

Kickars..Here is a pic for you to see the round down. See those sailors on the aft end of the flight deck all lined up. ? Now just below them is an area pained white..like a big stripe. That is the round down.

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USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) carrier strike group (CSG) transits through the straits of Gibraltar during the early morning hours.
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Tasman

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bd popeye said:
Kickars..Here is a pic for you to see the round down. See those sailors on the aft end of the flight deck all lined up. ? Now just below them is an area pained white..like a big stripe. That is the round down.
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Great photo of CVN-75 Popeye!

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bd popeye said:
Some PIX of the Russian CV, ADM"K", being escorted by a Norweigan ship.I have no idea the date on these PIX. But my assumption is that they are recent. Look at the P-3! What country? any guesses? And the ADM"K" flight deck..Jeez not much happening there! Totally devoid of any action!.

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The pictures are from 30.jan i think (published in Norwegian newspaper 01.feb) and is taken in the Barents-sea just outside the coast of Norway. The frigate is the Roald Amundsen (one of Norway 5 new Fritjof Nansen aegis frigates), the PC3 is also Norwegian. No flight operatins that day. They made quite a stir the first days of the deployment, when doing flight-ops in the middle of Norwegian oil-platforms (!) and halted all helo-transport form land and the platforms.. a written complain was sent too Russia about the incident...
Norwegian F-16 identified and scrambled russian long distance strategic planes outside the coast 47 times last year..88 planes identified
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bd popeye said:
Some PIX of the Russian CV, ADM"K", being escorted by a Norweigan ship.I have no idea the date on these PIX. But my assumption is that they are recent. Look at the P-3! What country? any guesses? And the ADM"K" flight deck..Jeez not much happening there! Totally devoid of any action!.
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Popeye, that is the second in class (
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) of the five new AEGIS frigates that Norway has. Impressive vessels. That is probably also a Norwegian P-3.

My understanding is that the Kuznetsov and its strike group came in there and began conducting flight operations (during the same operations as I posted in my thread about the Kuznetsov strike group with all of the pics of the Kuznetsov, so at the end of January of this year) in the relative near proximity of Norwegian oil platforms. The Norwegians (needlesss to say) did not like it and took actions of their own which included scrambling some of their F-16s and sending naval vessels, including their AEGIS vessel out there to keep an eye on things.

Anyhow...very much cold-war'ish type behavior on the part of the Russians in that regard.

I tend to agree with you. The Kuznertsov, probably has no more than 16-18 fixed wing aircraft and 4-6 helos. Clearly, the entire group can be housed in the hangar spaces.
 
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I am gona keep posting here until you stop deleting my post, whoever you are... Unless you dont repost my last, i will post screenshots of the forum section showing that you are deleting post. i havent written anything against forum rules. Who are controlling this site? Am i beeing sencured or what?
 
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Lociz said:
I am gona keep posting here until you stop deleting my post, whoever you are... Unless you dont repost my last, i will post screenshots of the forum section showing that you are deleting post. i havent written anything against forum rules. Who are controlling this site? Am i beeing sencured or what?
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I deleted your post because it is basically a re-post of your previous post. Read the forum rules concerning double post as this is a forum rule we instituded last year about double posting. It does not apply to picture or news threads. You need to re-read the forum rules;

http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/ann...-before-posting-important-please-read-20.html

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Recently two members have edited out moderators comments of their post.

Henceforth this is forbidden. If a moderator edits your post. So be it. Do not edit a moderators post.

If you do decide to edit a moderators edit of your post you will recieve a warning!
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4) Do not make another(multipile) post without someone responding to your previous post. If no one has not responded to a post you have made and you want to make another post simply edit your last post to include your lastest thought. That's what the edit button is for.
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If Jeff wants to answer your post just wait he will answer if he so desires.

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