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Neal Steffek
12-12-2010, 05:44 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/10/navy-railgun-shoots-bullets-electromagnet/

This is just plain bad ass. The Navy seems to be doing a great job on this.
Yooformula
12-12-2010, 06:26 AM
HOLY SHIT! That is fuggin awesome!

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4454912/navy-tests-electromagnetic-railgun/
TheRX7Project
12-12-2010, 09:35 AM
That is totally badass!

Check this shit out too... the new XM25 Air Burst rifle...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgh4uy5A-lI
nismodave
12-12-2010, 09:58 AM
The word WOW, cant even begin....

I wonder how much energy is required?
easytoremember
12-12-2010, 11:13 AM
oh snap! :omg
Silver86
12-12-2010, 11:48 AM
oh wow... thats impressive!
Reverend Cooper
12-12-2010, 01:00 PM
Hey breian coops brother i want one of those
GTSLOW
12-12-2010, 03:37 PM
That thing is awesome!
xxsn0blindxx
12-12-2010, 04:10 PM
You'd think from this article that it was the first successful rail gun test, which is far from the case. It is pretty impressive that they shattered the previous record of ~10 megajoules.
Gregor
12-12-2010, 05:05 PM
Or that the military only gives out information on weapon testing 10 years after it is proven. Thus this should be 10-15 year old tech.

That Air burst rifle looks kick ass, its like a 25mm smart M203.
FoxStang
12-12-2010, 05:08 PM
The word WOW, cant even begin....

I wonder how much energy is required?
The other articles I read say it uses quite a bit at this point in time, far from realistically being able to use on a the ship anytime soon.
Holeshot
12-12-2010, 05:17 PM
Impressive indeed.
Neal Steffek
12-12-2010, 08:17 PM
Or that the military only gives out information on weapon testing 10 years after it is proven. Thus this should be 10-15 year old tech.

That Air burst rifle looks kick ass, its like a 25mm smart M203.

The artical said they hope to have them in use on ships by 2025. :wow
Al
12-12-2010, 10:22 PM
The artical said they hope to have them in use on ships by 2025. :wow

Lets hope they make 9 guns rated at 1,000 megajoules (1 gigajoule) and put them on the USS Wisconsin and recommission that ship again!
xxsn0blindxx
12-12-2010, 10:38 PM
Or that the military only gives out information on weapon testing 10 years after it is proven. Thus this should be 10-15 year old tech.

That Air burst rifle looks kick ass, its like a 25mm smart M203.

This wasn't a secret test, it was public knowledge they were going to be testing this on Dec. 10th.