India's Newest Carrier

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Interesting I did not know that...

Star is not just a pretty tart.

[endfire79]

Nice carrier! 

I sense possibly more military simulation & training in Asia (save for China).  I'm wondering where me and my colleagues will be sent next!  There was a 2 year project in Singapore a few years back, and some shorter ones in India. 

[GDS_Starfury]

Thanks Biggs.  :)

so heres the layout difference:

[Staggerwing]

Why not have 2 full length runways, one on each side of the island? One for takeoffs, one for landings.

Probably too wide. Also, the angled landing is designed to keep landing planes from plowing into the ones parked and ready for takeoff since arrestor cables and even the 'net' have been known to fail. If the decks run parallel then only a few degrees' deviation during landing means that everything on the front half of the decks could get wiped out. With the angled approach the more likely scenario during a flameout or crippled landing would be the aircraft sliding off the end of the angle deck into the briny while the crew punches out in their zero-zero ejection seats.

[Airborne Rifles]

Thanks Biggs.  :)

so heres the layout difference:

Star, what's the difference betweent the second two diagrams?

[Staggerwing]

Most of the helos are on a different part of the deck?

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

If the carrier is at war anything sitting around on the front top is fodder. A simple strafe would do serious damage to the ship. Better to have all maintenance done under the deck then a lift at the back puts them to launch position, a lift at the front lowers planes to the hangers. I'm thinking a conveyor belt type system. If you have to get all your planes up fast you could launch staggered off both.

We shall see what they do when the panama canal gets to post panamax size.

[GDS_Starfury]

Star, what's the difference betweent the second two diagrams?

2 different parking layouts.  the first lets you use just the angled deck for flight ops.
the 2nd lets you use both the angled section and the ski ramp.

If the carrier is at war anything sitting around on the front top is fodder.

no carrier can hold all of its planes in the hanger, not even a Nimitz.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Then I will sell you the new improved design.  ;)

[GDS_Starfury]

then it wont fit through the Panama Canal.  ;)

[em2nought]

I find it funny that the former communist country sells used aircraft carriers whilst the so called capitalist country gives someone a penny to take one off their hands.  ???

[GDS_Starfury]

not the whole story.

[Windigo]

there's obligations to be met???

[Airborne Rifles]

So with this purchase, it seems the Indians have three carriers, each of which is more or less comparable to China's Liaoning.  Any thoughts on whether the Chinese are building up their navy more in response to India than to the US?

On a side note, from reading Wikipedia it sounds like the purchase process for this latest carrier between India and Russia had some moments where the Russians assumed the role of Darth Vader: "I have altered the deal, pray I do not alter it further."

[GDS_Starfury]

I think Chinas naval program is geared more as a response to the navies of the US, India, Japan, Australia and all of the other island countries in the region.