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President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Navy to use steam-powered catapults – technology from the 1950s – aboard its aircraft carriers, instead of the electromagnetic systems the fleet is currently using .

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‘Very outdated’: Trump’s directive to revert to steam catapults on new aircraft carrier baffles naval experts — CNN
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