CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -“Even though the Super Hornet was initially designed to operate from a catapult-launch environment, the jet is so powerful that it is able to easily achieve ski-jump launches again under its own power with heavy payloads, ” said Alain Garcia, Boeing’s defence head in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -That ramp you see on some carriers is what’s called a ski jump. It causes the plane to go up at an angle so that it can get a little higher in the air during takeoff. U.S. carriers have steam catapults to give their planes more speed during takeoff so they don’t need that extra height, ergo no ski jump.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which is better Rafale or F-18 Super Hornet? The F-18 Super Hornet’s major advantage is that it provides similar performance at much lower cost. ‘With Meteor Rafale is more potent in air combat until 2022 while Super Hornet is a better multirole platform.

Detailed explanation-4: -D.R. Taylor of Britain’s Royal Navy proposed the use of a ski-jump to help the Harrier jump jet take off. His ski-jump design, which featured a curve, was initially met with scepticism, but other officials endorsed trials of the proposal.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Grumman Panther was the primary US Navy and USMC jet fighter and ground-attack aircraft in the Korean War. The Panther was the widest used Navy jet fighter of the war, flying 78, 000 sorties.