KAINE, COLLEAGUES CALL ON TRUMP TO REVERSE COSTLY DIRECTIVE RESTORING OUTDATED TECHNOLOGY ON AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, joined a group of his colleagues in calling on President Trump to reverse a recent national security memorandum directing the Department of Defense (DOD) to replace electromagnetic catapults with steam-powered systems on Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers. The letter was also signed by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ).

"Catapults are central to an aircraft carrier's ability to project airpower around the world, launching aircraft from the flight deck using either pressurized steam or, in newer sy...