Mighty Caty
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Yeah you are right we are nowhere that much capable but i doubt Brazil needs something in the league of supercarriers and the article says that Brazil will acquire it in next 15 years and considering our own 650000 ton carrier will be ready by 2020 i think we can easily provide them help.
You can say that it will not be world class but then there aviation sector is also not world class.
It will ready by 2020,making a aircraft carrier itself is something that most of the countries cannot even dream of.
Since when did the Indian built a carrier 6 times the size of the Nimitz??
Basically, carrier design followed which planes Brazilian are getting. Not too many Naval Aviation these day. Basically one can choose
Mig-29K -> Russian Carrier design
F-18E/F -> American Carrier design
F-35B/C -> American Carrier design
J-15 -> Chinese Carrier design
Rafale M -> French Carrier design
Most likely when the Brazilian picked up an aircraft design for their newest carrier, they would have to deal with the same country with the carrier design.
Interested to know, of the possibly 3 selection (France, US and Sweden) only Sweden did not have an individual aircraft carrier design.
And also helicopter destroyer or helicopter carrier cannot launch F-35B or Harrier Jump jet on 2 problems - Hardened Deck and Ski Ramp.
One requirement for S/VTOL is for the planes land vertically, and the engine nozzle would be directly blasting at the flight deck, if the deck was not hardened, the deck will burn thru.
And SVTOL aircraft cannot launch fully armed using vertical take off, so either the carrier have a 850+ feet runway, or they will need a ski jump.
So, both South Korea and Japan will not be competing with the Harrier shall Brazil decide to get some.