U.S. Navy testing their prototype rail gun

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05/20/2014 at 11:23 • Filed to: None

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I'm cleaning out my inbox right now and keep finding cool little stuff in the industry newsletters. So I'll probably keep spamming Oppo throughout the day. Here is a pretty cool article on the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . It uses electromagnetic forces to launch 23 pound kinetic kill projectiles to 5,000 mph (8,000 kph, 2200 m/s, 7,300 fps, Mach 6.5). The footage is pretty neat and you can see the shock waves coming off the projectile. I wonder how they manage to track it?

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DISCUSSION (6)


Kinja'd!!! Stupidru > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
05/20/2014 at 11:40

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I was lucky enough to know some guys who built one of these as their senior design project in school. They had probably the coolest project ever, and it required tons and tons of work, but eventually they got the Navy on board and I guess this is the end result


Kinja'd!!! MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
05/20/2014 at 12:23

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navy getting ready to be able to shoot a projectile all the way across russia to hit the kremlin apparently. lol what's the range on something like this? FYI was not listening during video if it told me.


Kinja'd!!! You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
05/20/2014 at 12:36

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I don't recall the video saying anything. The article said 100 miles, but didn't specify if that was estimated or actual. The true accurate range is most likely classified.


Kinja'd!!! MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
05/20/2014 at 12:38

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Thats fair.

damn, can't even reach Moscow from the Black Sea then.

Must be pointed at North Korea then lol


Kinja'd!!! Bad Idea Hat > Stupidru
05/20/2014 at 13:16

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And now they are rich.


Kinja'd!!! Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
05/31/2014 at 10:33

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prototype. Hopefully more and bigger to come.