February 4th

12:50 How much cheaper and smaller a carrier would be if planes would take of and land like this? Any plane with a thrust/weight ratio slightly greater than one and a thrust vectoring system could do it.

With modern fly by wire systems a software could be designed to do the job of landing again vertically (like Musk's rocket that can land vertically).

But they don't even have to land on the bridge. All they need is to fly like this for a few seconds under a capturing crane.

But think of other advantages. You could raise 10 or 20 of these in the same time. That goes for airports as well. No need for bottleneck runways that are vulnerable to rocket attacks. Keep them in holes underground or under ship's deck. Could carry them on platforms on the freeways and launch them from anywhere.

Could even evacuate them if the ship starts to sink.   

Da, și România a avut 24 din astea (fără thrust vectoring, nu știu dacă puteau fi modificate - upgraded). Au fost vândute ca piese de schimb la polonezi care le au și acum.