US Navy makes a real railgun

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The gamer’s fantasy come true, has been made a reality by the US Navy. They have created a “working 8-megajoule electromagnetic mass driver” that delivers a single shot up to 250 nautical miles with huge destructive power.

“The projectile fired yesterday weighed only 3.2 kilograms and had no warhead. Future railgun ordnance won’t be large and heavy, either, but will deliver the punch of a Tomahawk cruise missile because of the immense speed of the projectile at impact. Garnett compared that force to hitting a target with a Ford Taurus at 380 mph.” – The Fredericksburg Free Lance Star

They are also working on a 64-megajoule version to be completed in 2020. Awesome!

Wired Blog – U.S. Navy Invents Railgun

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