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Trump directs Navy to return to steam catapults on aircraft carriers
President Trump ordered the U.S. Navy on Thursday to remove the electromagnetic catapult system on aircraft carriers to launch fighter planes and revert back to using catapult systems, a move that officials and experts argue would raise costs in the process.  The president directed the service to have Ford-class aircraft carriers, such as the Doris…
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