Helicopter only. Would need quite a rebuild to carry anything else, & that’s unlikely as she’s too small for efficient operation of F-35B, & her layout is not optimised for fixed-wing operations.

There aren’t yet any larger follow-ons.

I’m sure the S. Koreans could build a carrier, but they’d have a learning curve. Their first effort would probably be sub-optimal.

Building a bigger Dokdo with fixed wing capability, while not a trivial step forward, wouldn’t be that much of a leap from the Dokdo itself.

The most important portion of the learning curve in building big deck ships has already been learned by Hyundai. The machy, the C3I, combat, manning, hull/structural design, DC capabilities, etc have already been done.

One of the biggest challenges for India in building the IAC is that it’s going from building a 7k ton warship to a 37+k ton warship without anything in between. It was a very good decision to rope in Fincantieri for the propulsion system design and integration and to use a Brit firm to validate the structural and seakeeping design. So, the Indians do know their limits and are working around them but still, the biggest problem in Indian shipbuilding are the yards themselves.

No, more orders for machinery have been placed in the last week (not much left to order now), & work is progressing. Speaking of “imaginary” ships, do you want to place a bet on whether IAC or the first CVF will hit the water first? :diablo:

That’s just mean! 🙂

A POS if I ever saw one:

Project 15A DDG Detailed (Also has pics of the second batch Talwars)

The weapons package will include twin 24-cell launchers carrying 48 Barak-2 vertically-launched 70km-range surface-to-air missiles, twin 16-cell launchers carrying 32 Barak-1 anti-missile missiles, 16 BrahMos vertically-launched MRCMs housed within a VLS cell built by Larsen & Toubro, and one Arsenal A-190E 100mm main gun.

P-15A are allegedly getting this

Printing dollars is passe. The correct term is “financed”. As in the Iraq war is mostly debt.

Yeah right. It would not suprise me in the least if it was in the 7-10% range given the enormity of the Black Budget.

10% of US GDP is $1.2 – $1.4 trillion. You’re saying the US could be spending that much?

Heron flight controls to convert Indian Cheetaks to unmanned configuration

I don’t think it’s a matter of Boeing or anyone acting like pricks on purpose. Boeing has to do CYA by following NISPOM and other US export control laws to a T. It’s up to the USG to exempt certain clauses. Boeing would love to have the business.