The company made the steam catapults was declared bankruptcy years ago and it was sold to a Chinese company. So in the whole world, only China is capable of making steam catapults now if needed. Did Trump notice that he has to beg China to sell the tools back to US to make steam catapults?Just absolute LOL at the state of this:
SDFers currently arguing over relatively minor changes to the J-36 design should stop a moment and thank Serendipity they're not US fanbois these days.
If they're gonna F up this bad, we should just give that company back to them. Don't let this obstacle prevent him from setting the USN back half a century.The company made the steam catapults was declared bankruptcy years ago and it was sold to a Chinese company. So in the whole world, only China is capable of making steam catapults now if needed. Did Trump notice that he has to beg China to sell the tools back to US to make steam catapults?
Block steam tech transfer and watch them do without either steam or EMALS. A pre-steam civilization.If they're gonna F up this bad, we should just give that company back to them. Don't let this obstacle prevent him from setting the USN back half a century.