Navy has a new toy...a Magnetic Rail Gun that shoots 125 miles, and it's eco friendly...Hoorah......

2aguy

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Yep...I hope this is as they advertise........

VIDEO: U.S. Navy Tests 'Star Wars' Electromagnetic Rail Gun

The weapon uses magnetic fields framed by two rails to launch the projectiles.


“Using its extreme speed on impact, the kinetic energy warhead eliminates the hazards of high explosives in the ship and unexploded ordnance on the battlefield,” the Office of Naval Research explains.
 
The Tech has come full circle...when cannons were first created, they simply tossed a big hunk of metal...then came gunpowder shells for explosions...and now we are throwing chunks of metal around again....
 

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