Recently STOBAR comes more and more into picture as a design of an aircraft carrier
Operational: Admiral Kuznetsov, INS Vikramaditya, Liaoning
Under Custruction/Trials: Type 001A aircraft carrier (Shandong), INS Vikrant
There was always a long debate regarding capability - that most was regarding the carrier to provide significant load for its jets. No real numbers have been published (assuming classified) but since Indian Navy is now looking for additional options besides MiG-29K, Boeing did some testing:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/now-navy-wants-super-hornets-too/story-4NE3rf4jBNP6qJQsmaTlFP.htmlQuoting
In our simulation, we discovered that not only could the Super Hornet take-off from a ski-jump, but could do so with a significant weapons load.
Which BTW didn't come as surprise to me:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,368824.0.htmlApparently STOBAR configuration as a huge potential due to simplicity of both aircraft carrier design and simplifying aircraft design as well.
