It seems prudent to me to have at least some of the new Carriers planned to use steam/hydraulics (proven) until the alternatives are battle tested enough to make them all that way. Imagine if all of the new planned ships run into consistent issues for the next few decades...

On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM <mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com> wrote:

https://www.twz.com/sea/executive-order-to-go-back-to-steam-catapults-on-new-aircraft-carriers-coming-trump
Interesting

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