US Navy supercarrier USS John F. Kennedy catapults CARS into river

A new video captures the US Navy's supercarrier USS John F. Kennedy catapulting vehicles into a river during testing of the aircraft launch system.

Large, wheeled, car-like structures with weights up to 80,000 pounds were launched into the James River in to test the aircraft carrier's ability to launch actual planes.

In the footage released by the shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) last week, vehicles can be seen traveling more than 300 feet down the track, leaping into the sky, and smoothly hitting the water.

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