French navy chief sees no threat to US catapult supply for future carrier
France’s navy chief said the U.S. has not decided to drop electromagnetic catapults, easing immediate concerns over carrier supply.
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French navy chief sees no threat to US catapult supply for future carrier - Regional Media News
By Florence Loeve PARIS, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The US has not yet decided whether to abandon the electromagnetic launch system for aircraft carriers, France's navy chief said on Wednesday, two months after President Donald Trump ordered the US Navy to drop the technology that [...]
In November 2025, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces [CEMA], General Fabien Mandon, had said that he wanted to reflect on the naval permanence because "a combat tool that is available 65% of the time is not ideal." Obviously, the debate was temporarily put under the bushel, updating the Military Programming Act... This article Admiral Cluzel sees no problem with the American electromagnetic catapults of the future carrier appeared first on M…
“The American decision has not yet been made,” Admiral Christoph Cluzel said.
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