I hate to have to say it but I think star49 is right.

The malta desighn was not a copy of the US practice, but rather a continuation of a trend of reducing the amount of armour on british carriers, from the first Illustrious claas ships with decks intended to resist six inch shell fire, through to the Audacious class with less and the Malta with even less, but they were still to carry more armour than their american counterparts.
Its alright having 50 aircraft on deck, but if you get hit by a kamikaze and your entire deck crew gets incinerated you havnt achieved much.

You can only realy compare aegis and sampson, not enough is known about the 052c to make a fair asessment at this stage, despite what some might say.

He seems to be saying that the LCA programme has come along way and achieved alot, but that the aircraft is not yet upto western standards and has a long way to go. Basically nothing we didnt already know.

just becouse GeorgeJ forgot to say it, please please please!!!

I have just read that Mig will be showing off and possibly flying the Mig 29OVT, if this happens I hope someone will get some good pictures and info on it, I can imagine it being a phenominal aircraft!!!
Have a great time at Maks Ken!!!

You think the NO11M is in the same league as the F/A22s radar? 😮 please think before you post and maybe you will type common sense. :rolleyes:

Could the JH7A be fitted with both the low altitude navgation pod mentioned in the JDW article and the laser designator pivtured above on the Q5???
If it could it would make the JH7A a very potent precision strike platform???