Navy Railgun Gets Tested - Get Ready For Science Fiction Warfare In 2025
Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 23:00
in Astronomy & Space
If you have read any science fiction, you know what a railgun is; instead of using a projectile hurled by an explosion, the idea is to use an electomagnetic current to accelerate a non-explosive bullet at several times the speed of sound. The conductive bullet or artillery moves along electrically charged parallel rails out of the barrel at speeds as high as Mach 7. The result: a weapon that can hit a target 100 miles or more away within minutes, seven times as far as current ship-mounted guns. read more