# Trump orders Navy to abandon carrier launch system and return to steam catapults

https://mins.news/en/item/21644

- Reuters, 2026-08-13 21:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-orders-navy-tear-out-jet-launch-system-return-steam-catapults-2026-08-13/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a7e3aef325a7500012a9c86

> The White House said on Thursday that President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to abandon a complex system for launching fighter jets from aircraft carriers and return to steam catapults.

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