The Pentagon’s 60-day game of chicken over aircraft carriers

Washington Examiner·October 15, 2026 at 3:13 PM

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When President Donald Trump issued an executive memorandum directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to draft a plan to rip the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) off the future USS Doris Miller, the administration set a strict 60-day clock to force a return to legacy steam. As that mid-October deadline looms, the mainstream is scanning the […]

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