India are contractually bound to buy Russian aircraft for their carriers and those things need arrester wires to land on the deck of a carrier! Our 'state of the art' ships do not come with these options...
Originally Posted by Turin
Now, that begs the question, how far would Evil Knievel have got down the deck before the inevitable trip to hospital?
I guess the answer would be that he would only need to travel a few decks down to get to the nearest hospital