Fuld kraft frem og hårdt til bagbord

Der sker noget når man giver et hangarskib udstyret med to kraftige atomreaktorer fuld gas, for derefter at lægge roret hård om mod bagbord, og derefter styrbord, under en prøvesejlads. Og flot ser det - som det fremgår af videoen herunder - også ud.

Det 75 milliarder kroner dyre hangarskib USS Gerald R. Ford blev leveret til den amerikanske flåde forrige år, men led af så mange børnesygdomme at det måtte gennem en 15 måneder langt værftsophold.

Nu er det 337 meter lange krigsskib i gang med prøvesejladser ud for Virginias kyst, inden det leveres tilbage til flåden.

På trods af det lange værftsophold og ekstra-regninger der er til at få øje på, er hangarskibet fortsat ikke fuldt kampklart. De nyudviklede katapulter fungerer fortsat ikke optimalt, det samme gælder flere af skibets våbenelevatorer.

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