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The US Navy set off explosives next to its new aircraft carrier to see if the ship can handle the shock
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford's crew said the shock trial testing proved "our warship can 'take a hit' and continue our mission."
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The US Navy's new supercarrier is going through shock trials, and that means setting off live explosives near the warship to simulate aspects of actual combat conditions.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the first of a new class of aircraft carriers, completed the first explosive event of the ongoing full-ship shock trials on Friday off the US East Coast, where the Navy detonated explosives near the carrier.
The Navy said in a statement the aircraft carrier was "designed using advanced computer modeling methods, testing, and analysis to ensure the ship is hardened to withstand battle conditions, and these shock trials provide data used in validating the shock hardness of the ship."