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Re:On Costliest U.S. Warship Ever, Navy Can’t Get Munitions ... by chiph on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @06:57PM (#20570084)
They did build a land version of the EMALs launch system. Here it is launching a F-35. There must have been a design change between when this was built & tested, and when they installed it on the Ford. Which would be the wrong thing to do - always install upgrades/changes in test before production.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDAQtlmtCe8

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Re:On Costliest U.S. Warship Ever, Navy Can’t Get Munitions ... by phonon on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @11:35PM (#20571519)
All these technologies "worked" before they were installed. They are just not yet reliable enough.
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