Californiaman Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 This is an amazing weapon. "...big guns on the deck of a warship are measured by their muzzle energy in megajoules. A single megajoule is roughly equivalent to a 1-ton car traveling at 100 mph. Multiple that by 33 and you get a picture of what would happen when such a weapon hits a target." Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/10/navy-railgun-shoots-bullets-electromagnet/#ixzz17jRr3H6p Electro-magnetic weapon Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Quake.... here we come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Railgun or BFG ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 According to the article, definately a rail gun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky scott 29 Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 No, gamma rays..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 How's about a rail gun for personal use? Something I can cary under my jacket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 On a slant. I was discussing the other day how many things from Star Trek have become reality. The communicators are mobile phones. The controls on the helm are touch screen. It's surprising how fiction becomes fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 There is a good argument that science fiction drives science fact.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted December 11, 2010 Author Share Posted December 11, 2010 This is a game changer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmurray Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 wtf? A friend of mine built a small rail gun for his final year mech engineering project, 10 years ago. Nothing new here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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