China demonstrates truck-mounted EMALS catapult launching a drone

Footage shows a modular, road-mobile electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) made of linked trucks successfully catapult-launching a drone, indicating a deployable runway/catapult concept for rapid UAV operations from austere sites or ships. The system’s convoy-to-linked configuration and extreme all-wheel steering suggest a new approach to mobile drone launch infrastructure and containerized expeditionary weapon modules.