If it's a steam catapult, it occupies quite a bit of room and it's not worthwhile/efficient to put it on medium size (<70,000 tons) aircraft carrier. They have the reason to go for EMALS...
If it's a steam catapult, it occupies quite a bit of room and it's not worthwhile/effi ...
lo_pak 發表於 2011-8-26 13:49
That's not true, the UK's Queen Elizabeth, France's Charles de Gaulle and Brazil's Sao Paulo aircraft carriers are all <70,000 tons, but with catapults.
This article is crap anyways, with their information source questionable.
They will probably put nuclear power into their aircraft carriers after they have successfully built 2 to 3.
The current Aircraft carrier is conventional power and soon they will trial operate this carrier. They will not take out conventional power and then install nuclear power, since that will delay their trial operation.