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Trump aircraft carrier steam catapult directive
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FIRST ENTRY AUG 14
AUG 14 · Day 1
Trump directs new aircraft carrier to revert to steam catapults
The directive was outlined in a White House memo and fact sheet released Thursday.
The USS Gerald R. Ford was built with an electromagnetic launching system known as EMALS.
Chris Cavas, a veteran journalist and host of a podcast on naval issues, said the memo is very old thinking and very outdated.