Railguns do not shoot laser beams. Quick believing every thing you see in a video game. A railgun is an entirely electrical gun that accelerates a conductive projectile along a pair of metal rails using the same principles as the homopolar motor. Railguns use two sliding or rolling
contacts [1] that permit a large electric current to pass through the projectile. This current interacts with the strong magnetic fields generated by the rails and this accelerates the projectile.
It's even more awesome when you realize that it's at 1/500 of normal speed (those are thousandths of a second ticking down there)
supern0vae 8 hours ago
@FoxhoundDS Somone's in a bad mood...
Lucky777Yo 3 days ago
@Lucky777Yo you whore
FoxhoundDS 4 days ago
If this is the unclassified video footage, who knows how big the classified ones are!
Lucky777Yo 4 days ago
No top comment? THIS IS MY CHANCE!!!
Lucky777Yo 4 days ago
Though they have experimented with plasma.
twleo1975 5 days ago
Railguns do not shoot laser beams. Quick believing every thing you see in a video game. A railgun is an entirely electrical gun that accelerates a conductive projectile along a pair of metal rails using the same principles as the homopolar motor. Railguns use two sliding or rolling
contacts [1] that permit a large electric current to pass through the projectile. This current interacts with the strong magnetic fields generated by the rails and this accelerates the projectile.
twleo1975 5 days ago
@Vosbraka and making work it better
LVSWTZ 1 week ago
@NightMare5O4 no.... a railgun uses magnets to propel an object at extremely high speeds....
Tico2858 2 weeks ago
Supposed to be a laser not a piece of fucking metal
NightMare5O4 2 weeks ago