military@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker) (01/19/89)
>From postnews Wed Jan 18 06:58:33 1989 > .....above deleted..... This alone is a somewhat > dangerous thing to do. (I know all the people will say it is the role > of U.S.A. to send carriers everywhere. Just think what will happen if > the USSR sent it's carriers to 120 miles off New York and send up a > bunch of MiG's). .....remainder deleted..... Soviet carriers do not carry MiGs -- they carry Yaks (VSTOL type for shipboard operations). Their flightdecks are not utilized as our (US) carrier flightdecks are. Flames are not intended here, as most refer to Soviet fighter air- craft as MiGs.
baulch@cs.cornell.edu (Garth Baulch) (01/20/89)
>Soviet carriers do not carry MiGs -- they carry Yaks (VSTOL type for >shipboard operations). Their flightdecks are not utilized as our (US) >carrier flightdecks are. > >Flames are not intended here, as most refer to Soviet fighter air- >craft as MiGs. The MiG-29 (NATO designation "Fulcrum") is reported to be being modified for operation from the Tblisi (the Soviets' new boat in the Black Sea). The flight deck of the Tblisi, other than its "ski-jump" bow, bears remarkable similarity to U.S. carriers of the Midway class. Steam catapult, recovery systems, everything. --Garth