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Old 18th Mar 2007, 14:30
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Originally Posted by ORAC
The PA2 must be fitted with steam catapults and arresting gear for the Rafale M fighters, plus the necessary piping, maintenance shafts, and boilers. The French are working to get US export clearance for the C13-2 system.
Does anyone know how far Quinitric is off a practical Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System? That must be an advantage in a ship with electric propulsion. It should be better than buggering about with steam generators and all that leaky/heat losing plumbing.
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