A “bolter “ is any event that does not result in a “trap”. The tailhook is 3 ft longer in its full down location than the full extension of the landing gear. A perfect trap is snagging the number 3 wire with airplane in the air with throttle full forward to spool up the engines in case of a bolter. A bolter is usually caused by the tail hook bouncing over the wire when it first hits the deck. If there is any delay in application of full throttle, or the deck is pitching upward during this landing event, the hook portion of the tailhook departs, or the arresting gear/wire separates during the trap sequence…the airplane will not have enough speed nor energy reserves to climb away from the deck. At GQ battle stations, these airplanes become “war weary” quickly which means their performance is nowhere near a new airplane. The stress levels under combat are incredible especially during aircraft recovery. The US Navy knows they have no defense against hypersonic weapons. So, the Truman has been operating as far out of range of Yemen’s home developed and manufactured drone/missile technology adding to mission inflight times, requiring air to air refueling, sometimes multiple times adding considerable engine airframe times, essentially adding tons of wear and tear on the airplane, pilot/crew, deck personnel, ship, systems etc…increasing errors and certainly things breaking. Airplanes do not need to be shot down to be lost. Fouled deck, bingo fuel, evasive ship maneuvers, ship/aircraft crew errors, bolters, etc cause aircraft losses. The US Navy has not fought against a peer group enemy since WWII assuming any body not a superpower does not have advanced weapons, locally engineered and locally manufactured. That attitude that the carrier and its task force is almighty is being proven wrong. Wisely, we stopped attacking Yemen, with drew from the Red Sea and is heading back to Norfolk for repairs. Modern warfare is not big arrow WWII warfare. Lots of countries have weapons and tactics that make a carrier a target vs a projection of power. They know it and we do not want to admit it.