June 20 was the first of a series of 3 test explosions of 40k lb of explosives to test USS Geral RFord structural integrity. It measured 3.9 on the richter scale. Maybe this was trial no. 2.
Yeah they been working on that system and similar things for over a decade now. Steam is clunky but reliable. New stuff always has more bugs than it's worth until the engineering catches up to their ambitions (usually billions of dollars and decades later, depending on amounts of grift and corruption).
June 20 was the first of a series of 3 test explosions of 40k lb of explosives to test USS Geral RFord structural integrity. It measured 3.9 on the richter scale. Maybe this was trial no. 2.
Is that the Ford aircraft carrier that uses an electric catapult system instead of steam? Haha waste of money.
I thought they had gone back to steam?
I’m not sure. I didn’t even know the Navy tried to use electromagnetism instead of steam until Q+‘s speech.
Yeah they been working on that system and similar things for over a decade now. Steam is clunky but reliable. New stuff always has more bugs than it's worth until the engineering catches up to their ambitions (usually billions of dollars and decades later, depending on amounts of grift and corruption).