Indian carrier Mig 29K and a Cat

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WorkOk4177@reddit

Fun fact: Indian navy has being continuously operating a aircraft carrier for 64 years , making them the most experienced asian navy in terms of experience of carrier ops. (Even counting imperial japan' navy and their current totally just helicopter carriers)

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stupidpower@reddit

I mean no one in Asia has carriers because no one really has a need for it, not really. India may have a long history of carriers, but never in the 64 years did the carrier arm of the Indian navy do anything that meaningful. Even China arguably doesn't have that much use for a carrier except for prestige and showing it off - they can't exactly safely get that ship out past the first island chain with infinite anti-ship missiles hidden on land. The Americans use carriers because they sail anywhere in the world to fight their wars.

India... what sort of power projection does india want to do, exactly? No one's going further afield than South Asia, and the rather pathetic scale of carrier wings means that Pakistan's coastline is pretty much off limits for any Indian navy aircraft or ships. So it's just a very expensive sea control vessel with planes that can't do anti-ship warfare that well.

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SillyLayer2526@reddit

ins vikrant conducted multiple strikes during the 1971 war

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Key_Agent_3039@reddit

Completely negligible compared to IAF sorties

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Jazzlike-Tank-4956@reddit

Well that's obvious

Also, they were key in the blockade

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WorkOk4177@reddit

Ins Vikrant was extensively used in the Bangladeshi liberation war

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Pizzas_Coke@reddit

What's the point of it?

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the4ner@reddit

Iirc it is primarily used for anti piracy operations in the Indian ocean

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GITS75@reddit

If I may say currently that's no more Imperial Navy but JMSDF. And the Izumo class carriers were retrofitted for F-35B Ops. So technically there are no more helicopters carriers.

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Winter_Guard1381@reddit

there goes the sub. Patriotic brigading for obsolete fixtures of bygone era.

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lordhoobla123@reddit

No. It's a Mig 29K and its pilot

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Overwatchingu@reddit

Cats are dangerous enough without giving them access to fighter jets.

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Safe-Informal@reddit

Here is his American counter-part https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3rQ3328Tok

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Bork_En_Soul@reddit

it's Swat Kats

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En4cr@reddit

If his name is Catapult I’m gonna lose it.

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Brainchild110@reddit

No. His name is STOVL.

Because its less obvious but funnier once you get it.

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SortOfWanted@reddit

But it's a STOBAR plane? Or am I missing the joke?

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Impressive_Type_1421@reddit

Yep, the Indian Navy doesn't have a catobar carrier yet.

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SortOfWanted@reddit

But the joke was about STOVL, which would mean for example a Harrier.

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urEnzeder@reddit

I was thinking Apult...

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furahobot@reddit

That's adorable—history's cutest coapilot!

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seraphim_9@reddit

That’s an F14 tomcat.

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ali_vquer@reddit

The cat is their most dangerous weapon.

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mats_o42@reddit

Well India, that's not quite the way you are supposed to upgrade your carrier with cat launch capabilities

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gradozi@reddit

Whoa, never knew Bangladesh had such a badass naval history—mind blown!

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gradozi@reddit

Aww, that cat's owning the runway—total boss energy!

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areonautic_ace@reddit

As per the cattos expression it's clear that the MiG belongs to the it.

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Brainchild110@reddit

Its natural they would have a cat on board. Cats have been important staples on ships for millenia, as they help the crew combat stress, give them something fluffy to stroke, and allow them to make the pspspspsps noise without looking stupid.

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