Naval forces Tests High-Powered Electromagnetic Railgun
Posted on February 3rd, 2008 by Jefrey Teaser
DAHLGREN, Va. A futurist weapon acquiring a test run by the Navy demonstrated its destructive power at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren.
In the presentation Thursday, engineers discharged the electromagnetic railgun at what they articulated was a platter power level: 10 megajoules.
The old railgun power-use record was about 9 megajoules of gun muzzle energy.
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