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pics of INS Vikramaditya's in Maldives

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Now this is called power projection. Let the sonic boom rip apart their skies
 
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That damn ski jump...it cuts payload dramatically compared to CATOBAR. Still a big step up for India.
 
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The built up portion seems too big for it's tonnage !
Correct but remember the Viky was orginally not meant to be a aircraft carrier at all but a "aircraft carrying cruiser" and hence the large island was required to facilitate enhanced command and control functions (USSR doctrine):

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The purpose built aircraft carrier IAC-1 has a far more optimised design:


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That damn ski jump...it cuts payload dramatically compared to CATOBAR. Still a big step up for India.

True but this can be somewhat offset by taking off with a conventional weapons load but light on fuel and being IFR by a "buddy" tanker (another MiG-29K):

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