CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoGripen fans when a country has roadssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageGripen fans when a country has roadssh.itjust.worksCDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareYourPrivatHater@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI mean most countries have the infrastructure for jets, these things can start from a aircraft carrier with not even 500 meter length…
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoAny jet is not the same as, like, an F-35. And even then you need to equip a lot more jets than western Donbas would usually see.
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoInfrastructure is a main concern every time somebody looks into buying some F-16. (But, of course, not where the jets will land. Other kinds of infrastructure.)
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoAre there any non-VTOL jets that can actually take off from a carrier without any assistance ? I thought they were either catapulted or the runway had to be sloped upwards (and possibly longer than 500m iirc)
minus-squareYourPrivatHater@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYes they need assistance, but finding straight road with a few kilometers length isn’t that hard.
I mean most countries have the infrastructure for jets, these things can start from a aircraft carrier with not even 500 meter length…
Any jet is not the same as, like, an F-35. And even then you need to equip a lot more jets than western Donbas would usually see.
Infrastructure is a main concern every time somebody looks into buying some F-16.
(But, of course, not where the jets will land. Other kinds of infrastructure.)
Are there any non-VTOL jets that can actually take off from a carrier without any assistance ? I thought they were either catapulted or the runway had to be sloped upwards (and possibly longer than 500m iirc)
Yes they need assistance, but finding straight road with a few kilometers length isn’t that hard.