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rail gun,navy Navy Rail Gun Test DESTROYS Targets at 5,640 mph

Navy Rail Gun Test DESTROYS Targets at 5,640 mph

posted by Grimm 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago • 3110 views
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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.

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Crazy stuff. I'd love to actually see the damage done as well though.


written by flechette  | 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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>> ^flechette:
Crazy stuff. I'd love to actually see the damage done as well though.

Me too....guess that part hasn't been "unclassified" yet.


written by Grimm  | 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Dude... that looked nothing like the movie "Eraser"


written by Ryjkyj  | 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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*geek


written by legacy0100  | 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Adding video to channels (Geek) - requested by legacy0100.


written by siftbot  | 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Holy fucking shit. Did you say 10 megajoules??????

According to this engineering page a 1000kg car travelling at 90km/h has only 320,000 joules of kinetic energy. So this tiny flechette has 30 times more energy than that???? AND that's only a third of its capacity?? FUUUUCK!


written by djsunkid  | 1 year 9 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Rail whore


written by Crosswords  | 1 year 9 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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If it's not 1.21 gigawatts I'm not impressed.


written by Tymbrwulf  | 1 year 9 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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The slug is labeled 3.52 kg in this other vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_OjZyQ6LGE


written by jwray  | 1 year 9 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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