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Could it fit into your lift ?
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Fit, yes. But it could require modifications.
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What kind of modifications? you cant fold the wing anyway.
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Which one?
The lift or Rafale?
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Modifications to the process, rather than the equipment.
Taking the aircraft up at an angle. Removing wingtip rails & folding up the nosecone prior to moving onto lift, then reattaching the rails (& lowering nosecone) once on the flight deck.
Official sources have stated that Rafale as it exists is capable of fitting in Vikrant lifts, as they exist. No structural mods necessary.
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Isn't this not Ideal at all ?
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Nope - but to be expected when there's a change in the planned air wing.
The Vikrant's aviation complex was designed & meant for the MiG-29K, but that aircraft proved to be a bad investment.
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Here it is - a feast for the eyes, been waiting for these pics for a long time!
Both Indian carriers - Vikrant & Vikramaditya - along with their battle group, performing combined carrier ops in the Arabian Sea:
Cooperative engagement, battle group coordination, subsurface operations (must be submarines in this group we aren't seeing), refueling, resupplying as well as cross-decking of aviation components - everything was practiced in this exercise.
@Nilgiri
Both Indian carriers - Vikrant & Vikramaditya - along with their battle group, performing combined carrier ops in the Arabian Sea:
Cooperative engagement, battle group coordination, subsurface operations (must be submarines in this group we aren't seeing), refueling, resupplying as well as cross-decking of aviation components - everything was practiced in this exercise.
@Nilgiri
