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[StobieWan]

Wait..what?

Full steam in reverse: Trump orders US Navy back to old-style aircraft catapults - Navy Lookout

President Donald Trump has ordered the US Navy to develop a plan to abandon electromagnetic aircraft launch systems on future Ford-class aircraft carriers and return to steam catapults. The wider memorandum contains some sensible measures to address America's serious naval shipbuilding problems...

www.navylookout.com

Emals being replaced is something Trump has talked about but this looks like he's really flipping the switch on that.


I'll be interested in seeing how expensive that gets.

 

[Terran]

My bet is it would basically require a complete redesign of the Ford class to run the steam lines and rework the deck .

 

[Sandhi Yudha]

Wait..what?

Full steam in reverse: Trump orders US Navy back to old-style aircraft catapults - Navy Lookout

President Donald Trump has ordered the US Navy to develop a plan to abandon electromagnetic aircraft launch systems on future Ford-class aircraft carriers and return to steam catapults. The wider memorandum contains some sensible measures to address America's serious naval shipbuilding problems...

www.navylookout.com

Emals being replaced is something Trump has talked about but this looks like he's really flipping the switch on that.


I'll be interested in seeing how expensive that gets.

This program will undoubtedly get huge delays and cost escalations, thanks to this genius. It is actually ridiculous how much power a single man can have in a country with a democratic system.