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How do aircraft carrier catapults work?

Why is Trump bringing steam catapults back to US aircraft carriers? Here’s what we know

by Micheal Olaleye
Trump seeks Navy catapult system redesign, bringing older technology back to aircraft carriers (Image: A US Navy aircraft being prepared for launch)

President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to develop a plan to replace modern electromagnetic aircraft launch systems with steam-powered catapults on a new US aircraft carrier, reviving a technology that dates back decades. The directive, signed on Thursday, gives Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao 60 days to develop a … Read more

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