An artist’s conception of the electromagnetic launch systems (EMALS). General Atomics Photo
During a Thanksgiving-greetings call with the crew of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), President Donald Trump posed the question which is better, steam or electromagnetic flight-deck catapults.
Reagan, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), and Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis D. Wilbur (DDG-54) entered Hong Kong Harbor on Wednesday. The call to Reagan was one of...
