NEW: Aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is catapulting objects into the James River in Virginia to test its plane launching capabilities.
The footage was recently released by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), a ship building company.
The Kennedy features an electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) which makes it just the 2nd US aircraft carrier to have this advanced system.
The vehicles it launched in testing reached speeds of 150mph and experts estimate it will be able to launch jets at speeds of 240mph.
The Kennedy was launched in 2019 and has a price tag of $11.3 billion.
Finally. Now I can drive through Sherwood Forest without having to worry about that rapscallion Robin Hood and his band of merry men. Try to take from my coin-purse, will you? Hah! Mayhaps it could also have an attack mode where guns pop out of the sides? Something to think about