glojo,
Are we talking about Indian aircraft carriers and the selection of aircraft? I thought the carriers they were operating lacked catapults which would suggest their choice of aircraft is limited!
Apparently the Indian's are examining concepts for future carriers...
Concepts currently being examined by the Directorate of Naval Design for the
IAC-2 are for a conventionally powered carrier displacing over 50,000 tons and equipped with steam catapults (rather than the ski-jump on the
Gorshkov/
Vikramaditya and the IAC) to launch fourth generation aircraft.
I suppose it would be as well to investigate the various a/c types that it could carry too.