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[hey_moe]

New Navy bad boy gun. >>> http://www.dailytech.com/US+Navys+32megajoule+Railgun+Gets+Test+Fired/article24126.htm

 

[yank51]

Neat... Think a boatload of Somali pirates would even know what hit them??

 

[Jagdflieger]

220 nautical mile range!

Makes even the 16" naval rifles on the Missouri class short range weapons, even though they had an over the horizon capability.

 

[Toastmaker]

And. . . the 45mm dense aluminum slug has the kinetic energy of one of those 16" main turret guns ! We should really be pushing this development.

 

[Piglet]

Gerald Bull would have been proud. With a 220 mile range, maybe use it to put small sats into orbit? Or shoot Decepticons?