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June 2, 2019June 2, 2019 by navaldiplomat

Enough with steam catapults!

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6C051442-0076-421C-839C-B5D20A1204C6As an old steam engineer I say this with a heavy heart, but . . . enough with the presidential mania over steam catapults in Ford-class carriers:

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/trump-wants-goddamned-steam-navy-aircraft-carrier-launches-he-should-stop-60627

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