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If carrier operations were easy...everybody would be doing it
« on: December 05, 2016, 08:40:12 AM »
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-05/russian-su-33-fighter-jet-crashes-while-landing-kuznetsov-aircraft-carrier-syria

Even US naval aviators screw up now and then...but good weather and missed wire...seems somebody forgot to hit the afterburner on touchdown and went into the drink...

And the earlier loss seems to indicate their in-flight refueling capacity is not very good...or present...

We are now where The Founders were when they faced despotism.