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Navy Rail Gun Test DESTROYS Everything It Touches at 5,640 mph [Rail Guns]

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2008-02-01 04:30:23 by Kit Eaton in Gizmodo
 
The US Navy has just completed a 10-megajoule test fire of their huge rail gun . For the first time ever, they fired a projectile with a velocity of 8,270 feet per second . That's an amazing 5,640 mph, and the gun is only firing at a third of its potential power. The other video shows you what the projectile looks like when loaded The Navy is...
 
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Navy Tests New Railgun, It Looks Promising

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2008-02-01 17:00:32 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
The Navy is hoping that their newest 10 megajoule railgun (topping their old pathetic 9 megajoule) will replace the standard 5-inch guns on most of their ships. Projectiles fired at this energy level reach about 5,600 mph, but the Navy isn't stopping there. They have their eyes set on a 64 megajoule system capable of shooting at over 13,000 mph...
 
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The Navy shows off its insane magnetic railgun of the future

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2008-02-02 12:00:49 by HASH0x8bda850 in DVICE
Holy crap. The Navy just tested out its insane new 10 megajoule railgun, and it's clearly the future of death-delivery systems. Rather than using gunpowder like most guns, this thing powers projectiles via magnetic waves, allowing you to launch stuff at enormous speeds Just take a look at the image above! It shows the first demonstration of this...
 
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Navy Test Fires 10 Megajoule Railgun (Holy Cow)

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2008-02-01 07:22:27 by Evan Ackerman in OhGizmo!
By Evan Ackerman Remember how the US Navy decided that it wanted an electromagnetic railgun like two years ago ? Now, theyve got one that looks to me like it works pretty well if the above pics are any indication. Instead of using gunpowder to accelerate a shell, a railgun uses magnetic fields, which means its a lot less messy, and you can dump...
 
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Navy Test Fires 10 Megajoule Railgun (Holy Cow)

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2008-02-01 07:22:27 by Administrator in Oblingo!
By Evan Ackerman Remember how the US Navy decided that it wanted an electromagnetic railgun like two years ago ? Now, theyve got one that looks to me like it works pretty well if the above pics are any indication. Instead of using gunpowder to accelerate a shell, a railgun uses magnetic fields, which means its a lot less messy, and you can dump...
 
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Navy test fires 10 Megajoule Rail Gun

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2008-02-02 08:35:18 by HASH0x8b70d74 in Newlaunches.com
The Navy's rail gun has been in the news since quite some time, it uses electromagnetic pulses, instead of gunpowder to fire. The projectiles travel real fast the demonstration model got a little over 10 megajoules at around 5600 mph. When the system is completed it will fire projectiles at six times the energy at 64 megajoules (around 13000...
 
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Spy Satellite destroyed by US Navy

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2008-02-21 11:31:53 by M. Schäufele in gigaset blog - finest communications gadgets & design
Yesterday at about 10.30 p.m. US Navy missiles were fired from the deck of the warship USS Erie in the Pacific Ocean. Their target was a runaway spy satellite. Those missiles come up to a speed of 5,000mph. The satellite itself was traveling at 17,000mph. It is not clear how much damage was done to the object, but Navy sources claim that any hit...
 
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US Navy to soon contract 10,000 watt laser gun

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2008-03-29 06:40:59 by HASH0x8c23468 in Newlaunches.com
For decades, scientists have been slowly working on a laser that never runs out of shots -- and can be "tuned" to blast through the air, at just the right wavelength. For most of that time, all they could get was a laser at lightbulb-strength. But in 2004, researchers at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility finally managed to...
 
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Navy launches U.S.S. Independence, first of new class of weapons-bristling speedster trimarans

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2008-05-05 16:54:13 by CharlieWhite in DVICE
Weve been hearing rumblings about the U.S. Navys triple-hulled ships, but heres one that was launched last month, the U.S.S Independence . Built by General Dynamics, its called a littoral combat ship (LCS), and the trimaran can move huge weapons around faster than any ship in the Navy. Ironic that with all that high tech built in, the ship...
 
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US Navy Launches U.S.S. Independence

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