Railgun test fire

As a work of the US Navy, this video is in the public domain.

US Navy railgun test fire. This is an extended-footage version of the official Navy video.

Rather than relying on an explosion to fire a projectile, the technology uses an electomagnetic current to accelerate a non-explosive bullet at several times the speed of sound. The conductive projectile zips along a set of electrically charged parallel rails and out of the barrel at speeds up to Mach 7. The result: a weapon that can hit a target 100 miles or more away within minutes.

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[1scott231]

Sure its huge, but so were computers when they were first invented. Only a matter of time...

[TheArbiter6695]

Admiral, charge MACs and plot firing solution on covenant vessel!

[doid1337]

Ting you need to make: obsidian, TNT, redstone, and some repeaters, and last of all some creeper technology

[irclaw42]

I want one of those installed in my backyard. 

[iioyeh]

Magneto would have a field day with this weapon :)

[Wurdswurth]

I want that camera that follows the rail gun bullet!!

[poobed666]

woah its like some star fox trek wars shit goin on there

[Bulgroz99]

The whole setup moved a bit, you would have to weigh 10 tons to fire a gun like this :)

[titohuertas]

Listen to Eisenhower "Military Industrial Complex address" , his farewell address, and you will understand how weapon manufacturers are stealing America's future.

[Mech610]

Now just imagine what that would look like tearing through an aircraft carrier or a destroyer, or a building for that matter like they were warm butter. Just think of the kinetic energy that thing must have been carrying. God damn.

[masterwolf1212]

@yo90bosses Well they are to clear the smoke around and cool off the place. I don't think this would produce ozone for its just an electric spark.

[masterwolf1212]

@1scott231 The hardest part though is the fact that computers were huge because, well, they had a lot of components. It was hard to smush thousands of wires and components together. We eventually learned to make them smaller, and have them work together and process more efficiently to use less and smaller parts. But here, its big because they need a lot of force. The force comes from the magnets, when power is applied (electromagnets), therefore they need a lot of magnet to get enough force.