[billyboy15]

We better get moving here so there will be no “Carrier gap’

All we have are 19 of these things with an additional 4 under construction.

[PIF]

It will support STOBAR (Short Take Off But Arrested Recovery) operations with a ski jump for take-off like the INS Vikramaditya, instead of a steam catapult.

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Means planes will have limited range and limited armament due to limitations of ski-jump style. Useful only in near shore defensive operations or in fleet defense. No real offensive capability.

[Alas Babylon!]

Looking at pictures of the Vikrant, I notice a 3-sided phased array radar on the ships island.

If I was an Indian sailor, I would not want to stand watch to close to that thing if I wanted to have kids someday.

[Paal Gulli]

What possible ambitions could the Indians have that they feel the need for the YUGE expense of a blue-water flattop?