Newsweek's 'Unconventional' brought host Naveed Jamali on board the recently renovated USS Gerald R. Ford now being deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean.
Describing an aircraft carrier as massive is, of course, an understatement – and nothing about the USS Gerald R. Ford is an understatement. As part of the latest episode of my Newsweek series 'Unconventional,' I embarked on the USS Gerald R. Ford in the summer of 2022, on the eve of her first deployment: A new warship, a new crew. There was an air of excitement that ran through the carrier as I visited different sections and her crew.Fast forward to October 2023, and the USS Gerald R.
The electric-powered catapult does not need to build up steam, nor is it restricted to the launch window in which steam systems can hold their pressure for only a finite amount of time. The USS Gerald R. Ford's catapult also allows the ship to launch aircraft with far more precision than its steam predecessor, thereby subjecting airframes to significantly less stress.It's cooler too, literally. The heat generated from steam makes it unsuitable to fuel aircraft on a hot deck.
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