It is…….US Navy has more carrier experience than any other navy on Earth…….and they would NEVER split the island………..it is an unnessasary seperation that simply adds to the complexity of the design and makes flight operations that much harder……..There is a reason US, French, and (up to this point) British carriers have only had one island….ITS THE BEST SOLUTION.

In Indias deffence, she does have two potentialy hostile countries on seperate borders….(China and Pakistan)………And if Pakistan is so spendthrift, why are they aquiring two new fighter types? (F-16C and JF-17)

Most (if not all) North Vietnamese aces flew the MIG-17…………earlier fighter, but much more manuverable and reliable…….

Us Naval aviation has been getting the shaft ever since the A-12 got canned!