Navy Railgun Test Sets RecordFirst Faved : Feb 06 2008 by mikeFaved : 1 time with noteViewed : 8 timesFave It!
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On Jan 31st the Navy test fired a Mach-7, 7 lbs projectile from their rail gun (10.9 megajoules).
Technical info on the design from a 2003 report:
http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2003gun/ellis.pdf
The final weapon will accelerate the projectile at a maximum of 45,000 G's!
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