Gideon Resnick

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5,131 appearances 66 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 4d ago

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Apple News Today · Trump wants the Navy to return to steam. It could cost billions. · 17 Aug 2026 podcast

Now, President Trump wants the Navy to embark on an extensive redesign of its vital aircraft carriers, despite skepticism from naval circles, at a cost of potentially billions of dollars. voice-verified

Late last week, he issued a memorandum to the Pentagon to come up with a plan to remove complex electromagnetic catapult systems that are used to launch fighter planes. voice-verified

Instead, he wants them to install older steam-powered systems. voice-verified

Trump first called for this back in 2017, and he's raised it frequently ever since. voice-verified

He criticized the current systems at a defense summit in July. voice-verified

The change would apply to the Gerald R. Ford class of ships, the newest generation of U.S. voice-verified

nuclear-powered supercarriers. voice-verified

So the process itself is actually incredibly complicated. voice-verified

Konstantin Turopin is a Pentagon reporter for the Associated Press. voice-verified

He told us the newer systems were adopted because they take up less space and they require fewer sailors to operate and can launch jets at faster speeds. voice-verified

sort of unclear. voice-verified

Taropan told us that Trump's criticism doesn't square with what naval officials say. voice-verified

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the lead carrier and the namesake of the class, is the only vessel of its type in service, and has supported operations in Venezuela and now Iran. voice-verified

It's currently using the newer catapult system. voice-verified

And the Navy has come voice-verified

out. voice-verified

Trump's order directs the Navy to make significant redesigns to forthcoming Ford-class ships, to include the old steam system. voice-verified

But there's a catch. voice-verified

The infrastructure for steam systems don't exist in the newer designs. voice-verified

General Atomics, the company that makes the electromagnetic catapult system and is contracted to build them for new U.S. voice-verified

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