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[camay2327]

WOW, what a gun...

U.S. Navy to test futuristic, super-fast gun at sea in 2016

The U.S. Navy is planning sea trials for a weapon that can fire a low-cost, 23-pound (10-kg) projectile at seven times the speed of sound using electromagnetic energy, a "Star Wars" technology that will make enemies think twice, the Navy's research chief said.

 

Rear Admiral Matthew Klunder, the chief of Naval Research, told a round table group recently the futuristic electromagnetic rail gun had already undergone extensive testing on land and would be mounted on the USNS Millinocket, a high-speed vessel, for sea trials beginning in 2016.

 

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[Carl G]

Secret?  I've been reading about that for years and have been fascinated with the technology.  I wonder what the speed of the projectile would be after reaching its 100 mile target.

[Darth Lefty]

It's a nice gun but it's not going to replace missiles - at least not the big expensive ones that cost millions.  They go a thousand miles and are guided right up to the target.  If this has a future it's likely in the same regime as RAM, Stinger, Phalanx, and 5" deck guns, which are not exactly driving the budget.  I wonder what happened to the multiple-bullets-in-multiple-barrels gun that was being promoted a few years ago.

[4thgenFolsomite]

as long as it doesn't hurt marine life, go for it. 

 

if it deafens or kills marine life, I'm against it.