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ORAC
Must have run out of pianos…..
NEW: Aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is catapulting objects into the James River in Virginia to test its plane launching capabilities.
The footage was recently released by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), a ship building company.
The Kennedy features an electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) which makes it just the 2nd US aircraft carrier to have this advanced system.
The vehicles it launched in testing reached speeds of 150mph and experts estimate it will be able to launch jets at speeds of 240mph.
The Kennedy was launched in 2019 and has a price tag of $11.3 billion.
I wonder if the EMALS test preparations included the traditional main broadcast seeking volunteers to be aircraft catapult test weight coxswains?
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