>>63832042
>The only thing frogs demand, is that the airplane be carrier-capable. It doesn't cause any impact on performance
Roflmao.
No.
Carrier based literally funnels you into limited inferior design choices.
Like see ICE study
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/fate-and-ice-studies.3547/
Conventional aircraft they were able to make very stealthy triangle, but carrier based required canards and with all that weird angles on leading edges that are terrible for stealth.
Imagine what UFO could USAF had , instead they got pregnant F-35A.