All About China's Electromagnetic Catapult That Can Launch And Stop Fighter Jets From Aircraft Carrier

The electromagnetic catapult system boosts the carrier's combat performance by increasing the sortie efficiency of ...
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Why Launching a Jet from a Carrier Is Far Harder Than It Looks

At first glance, this might look like any other catapult launch. But a few seconds later, something goes terribly wrong. The jet veers off course, the pilots eject, and the aircraft crashes into the ...
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The Fujian: China’s new aircraft carrier with an electromagnetic catapult

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Oct. 8, 2025, satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC, the Chinese aircraft carriers Shandong and Fujian are seen at the ...
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The Chinese Navy Just Commissioned Its Third Aircraft Carrier

Like the newest US Navy Ford-class supercarriers, the Fujian uses an electromagnetic catapult launch system—leapfrogging the older steam catapults used by most of America’s flattops. The People’s ...
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C-1 Trader prepares to launch from the USS Forrestal, 1970

Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea, Apr. 16, 1970: The catapult deckedge operator signals as a C-1 Trader is readied for a catapult launch aboard the USS Forrestal. The ship is conducting operations ...