F-35C Jets and Electromagnetic Catapults: Will This Be Japan's New

Japan’s two Izumo-class “helicopter destroyers” are supposed to be converted from helicopter carriers into small aircraft carriers, flying a dozen or so F-35 jump jets off newly fitted ski-jump flight decks just as British and Russian aircraft carriers do. But what if the Izumos could be converted into catapult-equipped aircraft carriers like the Nimitz- and Ford-class vessels?

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