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http://news.yahoo.com/military-video-captures-destructive-power-navy-newest-railgun-001012348.html
In the past, railguns have been high-tech but massive beasts that looked like only the largest naval ships could handle one. With continued testing and experimentation, that's starting to change.
"it fires a 40-pound metal slug up to 5,600 miles per hour... slamming into its target with 32 times the force of a 1-ton car being thrust at 100 mph."
The projectiles do not contain any explosives. In fact, the Navy has been using non-aerodynamic rounds on purpose in tests so that a round doesn't go off-range and smash through a neighboring town or interstate.
One day, however, the Navy will be using conical projectiles for maximum penetration.
Movie clip in the link
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bad ass... soon we will have doomsday lasers!
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Caledric posted:
bad ass... soon we will have doomsday lasers!
PEW PEW PEW!!
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I LOVE the sound it makes when firing!!!
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I want one.
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"It's a new version of the railgun, and it packs an earth-shattering, hypersonic punch."
earth-shattering, really...earth-shattering?
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rabbitslayer posted:
earth-shattering, really...earth-shattering?
It's 2012, ain't it?
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rabbitslayer posted:
"It's a new version of the railgun, and it packs an earth-shattering, hypersonic punch."
earth-shattering, really...earth-shattering?
earth-shattering was probably a more impressive description than: "rabbitslayer's mind-shattering"
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Ravy tests new nail gun.
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I feel bad for the giant metal LEGO men, it must suck having your arms ripped out and fired from a railgun.
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METAL GEAR!?
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rabbitslayer posted:
"It's a new version of the railgun, and it packs an earth-shattering, hypersonic punch."
earth-shattering, really...earth-shattering?
tell that to my cat that jumped off my lap and stabbed me with her claws
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Surge_MT posted:
I feel bad for the giant metal LEGO men, it must suck having your arms ripped out and fired from a railgun.
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Surge_MT posted:
I feel bad for the giant metal LEGO men, it must suck having your arms ripped out and fired from a railgun.
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