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Someone change the name of this thread to "Case for pocket carriers in Indian Navy". All that was ever discussed in this thread was if the LHD should carry F-35B.:doh: Can anyone give me a link to the RFI document for this MRSV programme? This is what I want to know:-

MoD to seek fresh bids from L&T, Reliance for Rs 20,000-cr warship project

Juan Carlos if gets into IN service will have no relations to fighter jets. Keep fighter jets off the decks of LHD even in your imagination. We have ALREADY HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS earlier in this very thread. Read that first.

After these are inducted, our entire amphibious force (LHDs + Magar LSTs + Shradul LSTs) should have a sealift capability of around 2 brigades !!!!! :bounce: What tanks will these carry? Hopefully Army will place a new order for some 80-odd Arjun MBTs for the amphibious forces. IMHO T-72 is...

DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought that we were done with these pocket carrier discussions. I have no idea what you are trying to say here. You mean we do not need dedicated amphibious capabilities till 2030-2040? I hope, for your sake, that that is not what youare trying to say...

Where is it written in the naval RFI that the tonnage is 40000? The only dimensions I see are the approximation of length ~200 m and a maximum draught of 8 m. No mention of tonnage anywhere in the document. Can you have a vessel with a length of ~200 m and a tonnage of 40000? Ask a shipwright if...

LCA naval has a take-off run of 200m. Juan Carlos has deck of length 202m. Where in the extremely thin margin of 2m will you place arrestor wires? And what do you mean by "project power"? The LHD will only have space for 4 Tejas. What power projection will they do? They'll barely be able to...

And what aircraft do you suggest we park on the flight deck?

IMHO DCNS will most probably not get the contract. Not after the kalvari-class fiasco. I think Juan Carlos is good enough. The Navy is not likely to go for a ski-jump, so they'll have to modify the flight deck. And all those people who want LHDs to act as pocket carriers, its a bad idea...

The navy ordered 4 LHAs => it needs only 4 of them. A hybrid system (ski-jump on LHA) is something the Navy does not desire. It would be like having 5 dedicated aircraft carriers + 4 Hybrid carriers (LHAs), which looks just as ambitious as it is. With the limited number of escorts for these many...

The first thing we need to consider is the fact that Indian Army plans to raise an entire corps for Amphibious warfare. Currently it only has one brigade tasked for such missions. Considering the LHDs (Landing Helicopter Docks).......no, now that they are in the 40,000 tons range, they are more...