The Ships that Sailed you, Switched from Steam, to EMALS, ... Back to Steam?

I expect the following concerning the new FORD Class CVN and its EMALS catapult from President Trump to get some attention from navalists this week;

Trump visited the amphibious assault ship Wasp in Japan on Tuesday and said he "will put out an order" that aircraft carriers will go back to using steam catapults.

"And we make mistakes, but generally speaking we get it right. But when we make them, we have to correct it." pic.twitter.com/AN6Fc63uxU

— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) May 28, 2019

As with the LCS and DDG-1000, but perhaps not as bad to a degree, the FORD Class is one of the children of the Transformationalists. As such, it has "challenges" that it shouldn't.

If you want to get a handle of the why and how, there are few better places to get educated on the topic than the interview we did on Midrats with Tal Manvel.

Take some time and give it a listen again.