@StrategicWin5@paulsperry_ Then why does the wife send the text? If there's no violent meaning and we assume the comeys thought it was just an innocent protest statement, why the need for the definition to the husband?
@StrategicWin5@paulsperry_ They wanted to post 8647. They knew the violent meaning. The wife found a less violent meaning they would use if ever questioned. "Here, honey. Post it and we can just say we thought this was the meaning." Get it now?
Steam catapults are tried and true. Electric catapults fail. It isn’t this simple though. The effect on flight ops is good, but the added weight, crew, and maintenance probably makes it a wash. The reactor cores are designed to be “life of ship” or no refueling scheduled for fifty years. The added steam demand of the catapults will reduce core life span by at least five years. Probably doesn’t matter as the need for manned war planes seems to be going away soon.
Emals is the magnetic catapult Trump wants to change. The navy requires 4166 cycles of the catapult between failures.
The magnetic one fails after 460 cycles. Much faster than the navy wants.
A floating airstrip that can't launch enough planes
@SenMarkKelly would keep it anyway.
@BlastingThrough You must have worked with Gen Gary Harrell. I was attached to SOCCENT in 2002/03 and worked his security detail, pre invasion. Great man.