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C-13 steam catapults are not that expensive. Making sure they get an adequate supply of steam without nuclear reactors would be the costly part. Carriers that served in WWII were retrofitted with steam catapults to operate the new jets that came after, it is not unfeasible or impossible to...

It isn't going to be signed until after the elections, this is political now.

It is the cheapest way to take a salt water shower.

It was only designed for a 20 year lifespan. You would spend 3X as much just keeping it operational.

I have survived over 9000 posts on DFI because I don't attack the person, just the message. Unlike you and your name calling only goes to show you do not have a leg to stand on. The proof is right there... a vertical take off which makes it VTOL. You are a n00b here so I will cut you some...

F-35B is supposed to be VTOL... let us see. Who are you to talk about playing games? You don't know the first thing of French equipment or your own. It has an 1800m^2 hanger... you can fit some F-35s in there. It is twice as big as the hangar for Juan Carlos which is designed to fly F-35B...

:rofl::rofl::rofl: ... what kind of a VTOL aircraft is F-35B that it can't land on a pad big enough for a Chinook? The hanger is large enough for several F-35. The deck can load 33t which is more than an F-35Bs sanctioned weight of 30t. Resurfacing the deck is child's play. Was the...

Of course they can. It only needs a stronger elevator to lift F- 35.

There is no reason you can't fly F-35B off of a Mistral. USN LHDs do not have ramps either.

There is no capability vs cost better than the Mistral. It has turned out to be the most valuable asset of Marine Nationale. It was even used as the base for the recent Somli raid and transport for heavy units to Mali. Much less its extensive use off Libye.

Hell, that is two perfectly good transport ships that would have filled the short-term gap for IN amphib capability. The other being Largs Bay...

Yes, second line of French sub is already +3 at MDL and it can build six more. India's desperate circumstance doesn't have the time or money to wait on a retool. Navy for instance doesn't look like shaking getting as many new subs as fast as possible. The only criteria India really has is...

Actually blame Navantia, they are transferring most of the ToT for hull construction. Now that they are about out of the picture, timetables are moving much faster. It is already decided. Second line will be French subs. MDL is already tooled for it. There is no time or money to retool...

if you don't want the extra helicopters on Mistral, you can convert the hanger deck to carry more ground equipment as it has a connecting ramp between decks. It can carry more of anything than San Antonio.

Which yard is PIPAVAV?

Check the BPC and GAM at the end...

Navantia was responsible for much of the tie ups in ToT to India in the Scorpene deal... that is partly why France ended cooperation with them.

India could easily issue the planned tender for new submarines... but no. Don't know MDL acronym, but it is IN that is screaming for them to replenish obsolete depleted numbers.

Yeah sure, is that why India is exercising her +3 option on Scorpenes? :lol:

This is the latest I can find. Rafale : Dassault en négociations très actives avec les Emirats, Actualités