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Transrapid (MagLev) Test Successful In China: 405

Posted by Hemos on from the were-you-sent-here-by-the-devil dept.

theBunkinator writes "Use your favorite translator (+ unit converter) to read about the first successful beyond 400km/h (~250MPH) test of the MagLev train in China. News Blurp in German at tagesschau.de. The offical Transrapid site is bilingual, with choice of German/English. Pictures & Video, too. Beats the Autobahn any day. Probably beats a plane in many situations as well."

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  1. Magnets: by ekrout · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Magnets: Not just for your fridge anymore."

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  2. I'm not riding it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seeing China's current economic condition, it's probably just a repainted 1964 World's Fair monorail.

  3. Excellent news. by Alien+Being · · Score: 5, Funny

    Passengers can now go 405 kilometers before they're hungry again.

  4. hey , does that mean i can't by EvilSmile · · Score: 2, Funny

    use my suit of armour ->
    i mean what if i get stuck to the track ? :)

  5. HeadLines by phantompoett · · Score: 2, Funny

    possible news in the future *In international news today the worlds fastest maglev train was derailed when someone threw "a really big magnet" on the track, the repulsion of the poles sent the train flying off the track at around 260 km/h *

  6. Reporting from the old days... by MosesJones · · Score: 5, Funny


    5 or so years ago this would have been reported as

    "Under the guise of a civilian transporter the Chinese goverment demonstrated a potentially terrible military weapon, capable of accelerating several tonnes upto half the speed of sound"

    Just think, if Iraq had just done this we'd declare war.

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    1. Re:Reporting from the old days... by MacAndrew · · Score: 3, Funny

      5 years ago, didn't we (US) think "Chinese technology" an oxymoron? Now we consider their fairly modest rockets a threat worthy of an ABM program. Relations have not improved a whole lot. We can't quite decide whether China is our biggest nuclear threat or our #1 growth trading partner, or both.

      If Iraq had done this, it'd mean they had an economy.... Can you imagine someone in Iraq in a hurry to get somewhere, except out? So, you're right, the natural conclusion would be that it was military, a step towards a supergun or something. A not-very-practical horizontal supergun, but Hussein probably wouldn't figure that out. Or the hawks. :)

  7. At least... by Niles_Stonne · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least it wasn't:

    404: Maglev not found

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  8. Wrong market... by Thud457 · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is more of a Shelbyville idea, anyway...

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  9. Re:Better in more ways by spakka · · Score: 3, Funny
    this will be much easier to attack than an airplane at 35,000 feet

    But a little more difficult to fly into towers

  10. Re:And ... ?? by TheLink · · Score: 3, Funny

    That said we're not far from diminishing returns with maglev vs tgv style trains.

    As you get closer to Mach 1, more and more people will start complaining ;).

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