Re: Trump Gets Schooled On Carrier Launch Systems

On 8/20/2026 8:31 AM, Skeeter-Shit "Lamey" Jack-Off Shit-4-Braincell, convicted 
child molester and another fucking do-nothing, posted another content-free batch 
of lies:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>>
>> On 8/20/2026 7:47 AM, Alan wrote:
>>> On 2026-08-20 03:55, NoBody wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:00:27 -0700, Alan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2026-08-19 04:02, NoBody wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:30:22 +0000, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> NoBody <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>> news:[email protected]:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:07:56 +0000, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Governor Swill <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> [Default] On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:49:08 +0000, Lee <[email protected]>,
>>>>>>>>>> pretending to be Spammy posted some news:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> NoBody <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:21:01 +0000, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> NoBody <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:16:20 +0000, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mark Kelly on aircraft carrier catapult
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> order: "Donald Trump knows nothing about
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this stuff"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 08/14/26
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) blasted President
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Trump on Thursday for ordering the U.S. Navy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to revert to older catapult systems on its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> aircraft carriers, arguing the change would
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be costly while questioning Trump?s
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> qualifications to make such a call.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So a Democrat hates what a Republican proposes.  How is this news?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>     Who knows more about carrier catapults,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a carrier pilot or Trump?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Why would a pilot know about the engineering differences or
>>>>>>>>>>>> reliability of the design?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>       Because carrier pilots work with catapults
>>>>>>>>>>> and Trump has never seen one.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I suspect you're arguing just because it's Kremlin Girl.  The fact is,
>>>>>>>>>> the question is well taken.  For example, I drive a car but I have no
>>>>>>>>>> idea how an automatic transmission works.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>>>>>> "In practice, EMALS struggled with reliability. Early testing showed
>>>>>>>>>>>> frequent failures. Launch rates were below targets. Maintenance was
>>>>>>>>>>>> far more complex than expected. The system could launch aircraft.
>>>>>>> But
>>>>>>>>>>>> doing it consistently, at scale, in real operational conditions?
>>>>>>> That
>>>>>>>>>>>> took far longer than planned. For a carrier, reliability isn?t a
>>>>>>>>>>>> luxury. It?s the entire mission."
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>      That is a Navy issue not a president issue.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>      What's next - Trump dictatiing drone designs?
>>>>>>>>>>> Trump dictating satellite designs? Trump dictating
>>>>>>>>>>> submarine sonars?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dicktating Elon?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.navair.navy.mil/product/Electromagnetic-Aircraft-Launch-
>>>>>>>>>>>>> System-EMALS
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> That reads like a marketing piece.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>     I would wager the Navy knows more about
>>>>>>>>>>> Naval aviation than President Bone Spurs.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> EMALS is new technology.  So were steam launchers, computers and
>>>>>>>>>> fireplace chimneys in their time.  As the Navy works with this new
>>>>>>>>>> technology, it's reliability will go up and costs will go down.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> One falling cost is the aircraft themselves.  Steam catapaults yank
>>>>>>>>>> the plane forward with a sudden lurch which increases wear and tear on
>>>>>>>>>> airframes as well as the hooking system.  EMALS is tuned to gradiently
>>>>>>>>>> accelerate up to full power thus reducing shock stress on metal
>>>>>>>>>> thereby extending the life of naval airframes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      Trump wants steam catapults because
>>>>>>>>> they look cool in WWII movies. Trump
>>>>>>>>> wants battleships because they look
>>>>>>>>> cool in WWII movies.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      The Navy is planning for the future
>>>>>>>>> with president who lives in the past.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As already proven to you, the magnetic ones don't work as promised.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      It works for every navy operating
>>>>>>> aircraft carriers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_Aircraft_Launch_System
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Really?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.thedefensenews.com/Why-the-US-Navy-Is-Slow-to-Adopt-
>>>>>> Electromagnetic-Catapults-While-China-Becomes-First-to-Deploy-EM-Catapults/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This disagrees with you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually, no.
>>>>>
>>>>> It points out that retrofitting such a system to existing carriers isn't
>>>>> practical, which isn't nearly the same as saying that EMALS doesn't work.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Your reading comprehension sucks.
>>>>
>>>> The article was about overall usage of the technology, not just
>>>> retrofits.
>>>
>>> No. It was explicitly and only about why the US Navy isn't retrofitting it to
>>> older carriers.
>>>
>>> "However, despite the initial excitement, the United States has not yet adopted
>>> electromagnetic catapult systems across its entire carrier fleet. In fact, only
>>> the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) currently uses EMALS, while the rest of the
>>> Navy?s carriers still rely on tried-and-tested steam catapults."
>>
>> The steam catapults work well enough on those carriers that have them. The
>> EMALS, while better, are not enough better to justify the cost of retrofitting.
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Why get rid of technology that works?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     It doesn't work when it come to launching
>>>>>>> more fragile aircraft like drones, when is
>>>>>>> why the Navy is trying to replace it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Citation?
>>>>
>>>> And SILENCE.
>>>
>>> I didn't claim it, so why are you looking to me to cite it?
>>
>> Kremlin Girl does that a lot.
> 
> Alan hates you.

No, he doesn't. He engages with me.