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How aircraft carriers stop a 35-ton piston instantly.
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• Footage courtesy: Not What You Think (@NotWhatYouThink) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2vb2neT9hQ

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00:00The Nimitz-class catapult hurls a fighter jet at crushing speeds across the flight deck.
00:04When the jet launches, a massive steel shuttle and piston rocket forward with unstoppable destructive energy.
00:11Common Sense says heavy friction blocks must crush the steel, but that would weld the metal instantly.
00:17Kinetic energy violently converts to extreme hydraulic pressure, abruptly halting the launch assembly safely.
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