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01-31-2008, 08:00 PM
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The Navy's New Toy
FOXNews.com - Navy Tests High-Powered Electromagnetic Railgun - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News
The projectile just looks awsome. |
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01-31-2008, 08:54 PM
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why is it that the Navy and USMC websites dont work for me, ever?
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01-31-2008, 09:08 PM
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Wow, thats just ridiculous.
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01-31-2008, 09:41 PM
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That. Rocks.
Seriously, who needs explosives with that much kinetic energy? |
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01-31-2008, 09:58 PM
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01-31-2008, 09:58 PM
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How much damage will be inflicted to the rails after a launch like that? Have they figured out a reliable way to preserve the rails?
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02-01-2008, 03:31 AM
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Why, did your own trials of a similar system show an intolerable degree of reduction in the structural integrety of the rails after prolonged firing, as a result of significant Delta over the T/M^X fractal friction multiplyers? Mine did. | |
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02-01-2008, 03:52 AM
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That looked sweet
 Would be cool if they really could have these things deployed by 2020, one step closer to science-fiction. |
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02-01-2008, 04:34 AM
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I thought it was borderline canceled too, due to the unexceptable wear on the rail as mentioned above.
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02-01-2008, 08:54 AM
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Quote from youtube.
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