During an hour-long speech to the crew of the USS George Washington (CVN 73) docked at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, President Trump told the U.S. Navy leaders present, including a four-star admiral, that he was ordering them to stop building aircraft carriers with electromagnetic catapults currently in use on Ford class and to return to steam catapults used by Nimitz class.
In this livestream episode Mooch discusses if this is feasible and what it could mean to the future of the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier inventory, already under stress because of the issues behind the construction of the Ford class.
Credit to : Ward Carroll
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