Not that impressed.
Ok you bucket-of-bolts - do a landing at night in stormy weather with the ship pitching about in the sea.
Then I will be impressed
“Ok you bucket-of-bolts - do a landing at night in stormy weather with the ship pitching about in the sea.”
You first!
No need - they can develop a version that in rough weather will perform a gentle splashdown near the carrier and deploy inflatable devices to hold it up until it can be fished out of the sea by the carrier's crew. They might even come up with a Harrier/Osprey type version that needs no runway at all.
The day of manned combat aircraft is all but over. Old-school Air Force fighter jocks sound just like old-school battleship commanders scoffing at Billy Mitchell.