Detailed piloted simulations, some of which were shown at Aero India recently, show the aircraft can take off in this way with a full weapon and fuel load!
I suppose those "detailed simulations" were not made by the industrials...
My basic aviation history knowledge tells me that navalising an aircraft is never straightforward, you never get what you paid for, if at all... and although I wouldn't have put it as vehemently as xerox, I think there is a bit of common sense there... you're good at playing rugby, frogs are good at making planes...
