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In article TI74g.23$nk4.18@trnddc03, "grassStain"
wrote:

There's currently nothing in the works to replace the current steam
catapults (at least in the near future).

Are you sure? I was recently at the SeaAirSpace conference and picked up
some literature on current research as well as the next CVN and I found
several references to electromagnetic catapult systems. I'll look for the
stuff I got, but my memory is that this is indeed planned for the next
carrier.




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