U.S. Aircraft Carrier Sailors Are Still Training To Use Unreliable Anti-Torpedo Torpedoes

Sailors onboard the load a training version of a Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo (CAT) onto a launcher on July 31, 2019. USN

Warzone/The Drive: Sailors On U.S. Navy Carriers Are Still Training To Use Unreliable Anti-Torpedo Torpedoes

The Navy plans to rip these systems out of five Nimitz class carriers, but until then, the service wants its crews trained on how to use them.

Sailors on board some of the U.S. Navy's Nimitz class aircraft carriers are still training to employ an unreliable anti-torpedo defense system nearly a year after it stopped work on the program entirely. The service still plans to remove these defensive systems from the ships completely within the next four years, but until that happens, personnel will have to remain qualified to use them, if necessary.

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WNU Editor: That's the military for you. Training on a system that does not even work.