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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:WTF submitter?! by BisexualPuppy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Probably because most people don't follow either the military or gun culture on /. sad but true.

    There are so many things I can learn with passion, and killing people is not one of them. Is that sad ?

  2. Re:WTF submitter?! by couchslug · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No. You can delegate it and pretend the world runs on rainbows and unicorns.

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