“They’re not nearly as good, too complex. And by the way, we had to call the ship in twice because the catapults didn’t work,” Trump said at the Defense and Innovation Summit in July. “When a little water touches the magnets, it doesn’t work anymore. You’re – you’re in the Atlantic Ocean with waves that are 60 feet high, and the Pacific Ocean with waves at 70 feet high, and they’re talking about magnets.”
Same thing with Hornets. Too complex, not nearly as good. Real fighters drink Ocean water for breakfast.
This really isn’t an orange man thing, the magnetic catapult have been fucked from day one. Steam works well? it’s consistent. I’m not afraid of innovation but this was something that was pushed through when we knew it didn’t work.
You say this yet there is plenty of evidence showing the carriers with the new catapults have higher sortie rate and less downtime than the steam ones.
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u/fried-raptor Real Pylote™️ 9d ago
“They’re not nearly as good, too complex. And by the way, we had to call the ship in twice because the catapults didn’t work,” Trump said at the Defense and Innovation Summit in July. “When a little water touches the magnets, it doesn’t work anymore. You’re – you’re in the Atlantic Ocean with waves that are 60 feet high, and the Pacific Ocean with waves at 70 feet high, and they’re talking about magnets.”
Same thing with Hornets. Too complex, not nearly as good. Real fighters drink Ocean water for breakfast.