U.S. Navy Receives First Industry Built Railgun Prototype 277
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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."
In my mind. (Score:1, Funny)
There's only one railgun, and her name is Misaka Mikoto.
Re:Where's Gordon Freeman when you need him? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Pop Up (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"...
What's this? (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds like another government rail subsidy to me. Or is it really "TSA meets Amtrak"?
(I'm preparing to get strafed.)
Re:Wow (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 [physicsforums.com].
Re:In Mother Russia.... (Score:5, Funny)
"When all you have is a railgun, everything starts to look like a smoking crater."
Huh? (Score:5, Funny)
What does it do, shoot Ruby developers off of ships?
Re:Huh? (Score:3, Funny)
As a former ruby fan ...
Finally, something useful to do with Rails developers!
Re:light gas gun (Score:5, 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.