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U.S. Navy Receives First Industry Built Railgun Prototype

Posted by Unknown on from the killing-pirates-with-magnets dept.

Zothecula writes "Two years after BAE Systems was awarded a US$21 million contract from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop an advanced Electromagnetic Railgun for the U.S. Navy, the company has delivered the first industry-built prototype demonstrator to the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren. The prototype launcher is now being prepared for testing which is scheduled to take place in the coming weeks."

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  1. In my mind. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    There's only one railgun, and her name is Misaka Mikoto.

  2. Re:Where's Gordon Freeman when you need him? by BergZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wasn't he supposed to be in the Test Chamber half an hour ago?

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  3. Re:Pop Up by osu-neko · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is an annoying popup on TFA. Reload to temporarily defeat it.

    Hmm, I don't see any popup. I suspect your NoScript settings are set to something insane, like "not installed"...

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  4. What's this? by dpilot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like another government rail subsidy to me. Or is it really "TSA meets Amtrak"?

    (I'm preparing to get strafed.)

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  5. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The enemy would be terrified by the noise, but I suspect wouldn't risk much from the gun, as a projectile exiting the barrel (or whatever passes for a barrel in a railgun) at 5000 mph instantly vaporizes when it hits the atmosphere.

    You're thinking of Santa.

  6. Re:In Mother Russia.... by Nadaka · · Score: 5, Funny

    "When all you have is a railgun, everything starts to look like a smoking crater."

  7. Huh? by assertation · · Score: 4, Funny

    What does it do, shoot Ruby developers off of ships?

    1. Re:Huh? by BitZtream · · Score: 3, Funny

      As a former ruby fan ...

      Finally, something useful to do with Rails developers!

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  8. Re:light gas gun by EdZ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe they need a sexier name than "nuclear steam powered light gas gun filled with electrolyzed hydrogen".

    I'm not sure you're on the correct website if "nuclear steam powered light gas gun filled with electrolyzed hydrogen" is not near the apex of sexy names.