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From: msf@rotary.East.Sun.COM (Michael Fischbein)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Harriers on US ships, have they got takeoff ramps ?
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Date: 6 Mar 90 04:22:27 GMT
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From: msf@rotary.East.Sun.COM (Michael Fischbein)

In article <14467@cbnews.ATT.COM> munnari!batserver.cs.uq.oz.au!anthony@uunet.UU.NET (Anthony Lee) writes:
>All the RN carriers have takeoff ramps for their Sea Harriers.
>What the about the USN, do they have ramps on their ships for their
>Harriers ?

No. None of the currently operational USN ships have ramps.  The ships
with deployed Harriers were generally designed for helocopters, where
ramps are useless.  The CV's (designed for fixed wing ops) have catapults.

		mike

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