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Trump Launches Tirade Against New Carriers’ ‘No Good’ Electromagnetic Aircraft Launchers

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Trump Launches Tirade Against New Carriers’ ‘No Good’ Electromagnetic Aircraft Launchers
The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia on April 14, 2017, after returning from builder's sea trials. (Photo by U.S. Navy)

President Donald Trump in a recent interview with Time magazine said the Navy should jettison the electromagnetic aircraft launchers on its new carriers in favor of outdated steam-powered catapults.In the interview published Thursday, Trump recalls visiting the USS Gerald Ford – the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier and the first of an all-new class of ship – and being introduced to its electromagnetic aircraft launching system, or EMALS. In his telling to Time, Trump both disparages the technology as “no good” and…

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