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MAGNETIC CATAPULT [1 record]

Record 1 2000-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The torpedo launcher is a big electro magnetic catapult, which you need to power but it doesn’t effect the yield only whether they can leave the ship like compressed air in a sub tubes.

PHR

Electro-magnetic catapult.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

L'US Navy envisage l'utilisation de catapultes magnétiques pour propulser ses avions embarqués sur porte-avions. [...] La catapulte se fonde sur un moteur linéaire de 110m de long capable d'entraîner les gros chasseurs mais également de petit drone. L'énergie électrique proviendra des circuits du porte-avions.

Spanish

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