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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)
I mean most countries have the infrastructure for jets, these things can start from a aircraft carrier with not even 500 meter length…
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.)
That’s true, you need to do significant maintenance on aircrafts.
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.
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.