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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. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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.

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

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