Trump ordered the US Navy to abandon the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and go back to steam catapults on the future USS Doris Miller. Days later, the Navy signed a forty-nine million dollar contract and kept building EMALS anyway.
We break down why the Navy is going against a presidential order, what EMALS actually does differently from steam, the thirteen billion dollar carrier caught in the middle, and why switching systems mid-build could cost even more than the order was meant to save.
Source: The Navy Channel
