Navy Tests New Aircraft Carrier by Blasting the Area With 40,000 Pounds of Explosives
The U.S. Navy has released video of its tests of the new USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, blasting an area near the ship with thousands of pounds of explosives in tests that are known as full ship shock trials." One explosion was so powerful it registered as a 3.9 earthquake, according to U.S. Navy Institute News.