I suppose if the MoD has money to burn and see a modernized Su-33 and Su-33 AEW as worth the cash… maybe.

It would have been money well spent, given the stakes i.e. superior air defence for an entire CBG plus longer ranged strike against both naval and land targets.

Mig-29K production restart was, and remains the better choice for the IN compared to a modernized Su-33, mostly because their forthcoming carriers are just way too small to carry a significant number of flankers, whereas they’re just right to carry a regiment of Mig-29Ks.

How many Su-33’s do you reckon the Vikram can accommodate? Its about 5m longer than the MiG-29K, but has shorter folded wingspan.

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I see no reason for it to be less than 20, if not the full quota of 24.