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To: sukhoi-30mki
Don't they call that a sky hook or similar when the plane gets snagged while barely airborne and slammed back to the deck? Maybe he tried for the go around a bit too soon before the last wire?

That MiG looks to be carrying a couple of cruise missiles with under fuselage intakes. Dunno what the big centerline package is.

4 posted on 06/05/2014 8:18:43 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: doorgunner69

Those are some big air intakes. I wonder what it looks like on radar.


6 posted on 06/05/2014 8:32:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: doorgunner69

Fuel tank. You will have no range without it.


8 posted on 06/05/2014 8:47:34 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: doorgunner69
Dunno what the big centerline package is.

Could be a standardized pod for various payloads - from an extra fuel tank to a SIGINT/ELINT machinery. Wikipedia explains:

The types of combat missions undertaken by the MiG-29K can be increased by adding optronic/infrared imaging reconnaissance pods.

11 posted on 06/05/2014 8:56:19 PM PDT by Greysard
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