Trump wants 'goddamned steam’ catapults on new aircraft carriers

[PersephoneDankles]

We're going to Goddamned Steam!!

[Omega10]

Trump is getting desperate and unhinged. It sounds like this tirade will go unheeded and will not cause any damage.

[Charge me Doctor]

What the fuck is digital launcher? It's powered by reddit posts about designation of Trump or what?

[Seiklis]

We're going to Goddamned Steam!!

damn...if Trump supports making us a steampunk society...

I'm conflicted

[WintersLegion]

damn...if Trump supports making us a steampunk society...

I'm conflicted

Just remember that Trump would think that pressure gauges are an unnecessary cost.

[Macaquerie]

What the fuck is digital launcher? It's powered by reddit posts about designation of Trump or what?

It's an electromagnetic system, and because Trump is a fucking idiot, he assumes that anything with "electric" in the name must be "digital."

[derpkitteh]

The only president who's age is higher than his IQ? Oh wait, there was W... but my god he at least had to sense to hide his bullshit instead of parading out.

everyone underestimates how smart bush was. he wasn't dumb, just a goofball.

and trump, he's clearly got some mild dementia or something. his mind is also locked in that 80's businessman god complex.

[Buckeyenut88]

Someone pad Skroe's desk so he doesn't hurt himself too much from the multiple facedesks that are about to happen.

TBH I jumped in here just to see his reaction to this, I have a feeling I won't be disappointed lol.

[Deleted]

So ... steamtanks are coming?

[Casagrande]

The only president who's age is higher than his IQ? Oh wait, there was W... but my god he at least had to sense to hide his bullshit instead of parading out.

W was much younger and much smarter than Trump.

[abd42]

Wow haven't seen a single intelligent post yet.

Here's the cold hard facts

EMALS failure rate is at 400 Mean Cycles Between Critical Failure. Way below the 4,166 requirement. It has 7% chance of completing 4 day operation, 67% chance of one day sustained operation. The report also said, “Absent a major redesign, EMALS is unlikely to support high-intensity operations expected in combat.”

The Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) has a reliablity of 25 Mean Cycles Between Operational Mission Failure. Way, way below the 16,500 requirement. It has a 0.2% chance of completing one day of operation. “Without a major redesign, AAG is unlikely to support high intensity operations expected in combat.”

The system doesn't work period full stop...

[GreenJesus]

Thanks, sourceless burner.

I mean.. he sounds legit. he used some big words, lingo, and abbreviations.

[Blur4stuff]

so this is how the US empire falls

[GennGreymane]

I mean.. he sounds legit. he used some big words, lingo, and abbreviations.

And at the end of the day, isn't that all we need?

[abd42]

Thanks, sourceless burner.

Since I can't link a url here's how to find a nice overview of CVN 78
google search for "Operational Test & Evaluation Office CVN 78" top result is a pdf.
read anything about EMALS and AAG
But here's the important bit
" Based on current reliability estimates, CVN 78 is unlikely to be able to
conduct the type of high-intensity flight operations expected
during wartime "

[PACOX]

Sound like some Russian spy is fucking with him. I don't know whats true or fake anymore

[Miztickow]

"Digital. They have digital. What is digital? And it’s very complicated, you have to be Albert Einstein to figure it out."
- President Trump 2017

I don't even know what the fuck to say at this point...

[Kraineth]

Trump’s comments came during an interview with Time magazine, released in excerpts Thursday, where he bashed the new Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and said the Navy would instead be “going to goddamned steam.”

EMALS

E-MAILS

Are you sure this isn't The Onion News Network?

Is this real life?

[Kellhound]

Since I can't link a url here's how to find a nice overview of CVN 78
google search for "Operational Test & Evaluation Office CVN 78" top result is a pdf.
read anything about EMALS and AAG
But here's the important bit
" Based on current reliability estimates, CVN 78 is unlikely to be able to
conduct the type of high-intensity flight operations expected
during wartime "

That report is about a year old, you do realise this?

[melodramocracy]

ah yes, donny boy... ever the military hardware expert.