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VSTOL

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VSTOLVertical/Short Takeoff & Landing


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Prestige issues would seem to push China toward the biggest ship possible, but lately there have been signs of favoring a more modest ten-to-twenty-five-thousand-ton ship that would carry helicopters or VSTOL aircraft, like the British Harrier or newer versions of Russia's Yak-141.
The Harrier VSTOL (vertical short takeoff and landing) aircraft was another example, but that plane is not considered a "strategic" asset for the purposes of this article.
Navy TFX (advanced tactical fighter) competition, and an equally controversial Tri-Service Transport VSTOL (vertical, short takeoff and landing) program to build an aircraft similar in size and mission to today's Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey.
 
 
 
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