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Navy Electromagnetic Rail Gun Prototype

The US Navy`s Electromagnetic Rail Gun that is under development at NSWC Dahlgren in Virginia. This is a prototype to demonstrate the technology of the rail gun for use on the future DDG-1000 class of Navy ships. This clip is from the show FutureWeapons on the Discovery Channel. It aired in April 2007.

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  • Date 2/11/2008 9:49:04 PM
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Xyro[G.O.R] : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

Xyro[G.O.R]

2 votes NegativePositive

299 days 16 hours ago...

sweet jesus. id hate to be on the other end of that thing. i wouldn`t even have the time to shit my pants once i hear the boom. ._.

Eminent : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Eminent

41 votes NegativePositive

299 days 15 hours ago...

^^^ Well, with the projectile travelling at Mach 8, you`d be dead long before the sound waves reach you for you to hear anything.

Truly mind boggling technology, though I can`t help but wonder what we would be able to achieve if we invested this kind of time, money and knowledge into developing things that aren`t designed for war.

Diashan : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Diashan

9 votes NegativePositive

299 days 13 hours ago...

I wonder the same.

Intel : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Intel

9 votes NegativePositive

299 days 12 hours ago...

the only thing they didnt talk about in this video was the source of power. I bet you need a power plant to charge up this mofo.

Kummajainen : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Kummajainen

10 votes NegativePositive

299 days 7 hours ago...

It never siezes to amaze me how much engineering, science and money we are willing to spent on blowing eachother up.

They`re coming right for us!

Your_Moms_Daytime_Relief : LVL 11: VP 2: said:

Your_Moms_Daytime_Relief

27 votes NegativePositive

299 days 2 hours ago...

Soft Targets = People

tokentiki : LVL 46: VP 5: said:

tokentiki

6 votes NegativePositive

298 days 23 hours ago...

Thats great b/c this way we can take down all the battleships iraq is sending

Mr. Lebowski : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

Mr. Lebowski

6 votes NegativePositive

296 days 16 hours ago...

make these guns what?????
AUGH!
I MUST KNOW!

fireburner12 : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

fireburner12

1 votes NegativePositive

296 days 9 hours ago...

^Lol! both you guys just fucked cracked me up

Zombat : LVL 4: VP 1.3: said:

Zombat

7 votes NegativePositive

295 days 6 hours ago...

"the only thing they didnt talk about in this video was the source of power. I bet you need a power plant to charge up this mofo. "

The Nimitz class aircraft carrier is powered by a nuclear reactor.

kintekobo : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

kintekobo

3 votes NegativePositive

294 days 23 hours ago...

It`s the storage capacitors that are the problem. You use an ordinary power supply to charge the capacitors over a fairly long time, and they then discharge in a matter of milliseconds. Just like a big frikkin flash gun.
Problem is that the capacitors are very bulky. With current technology you could probably get them all in the Nimitz, with room left for a cheese sandwich.

littlep2000 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

littlep2000

0 votes NegativePositive

294 days 14 hours ago...

If this does actually work this will be a repetition of history, during WWI when the dreadnaught was made it outclassed all other ships by such a margin it made them technically obsolete, this could do the same for all conventional projectile weapons. Although we now have rockets, airplanes and submarines that do quite alot to change the ocean front.

BIGTOE : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

BIGTOE

-5 votes NegativePositive

294 days 14 hours ago...

Amazing, only in the USA would they spend billions and billions of dollars developing killing machines.


Then spend a miniscule ammount on your ignorant, illiterate citizens.



-Stupid does what stupid is told.

thrasymacus2000 : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

thrasymacus2000

4 votes NegativePositive

294 days 14 hours ago...

Yeah, that`s money well spent. Can`t wait to wake up at 6AM tomorrow to go to work to pay for that.

Great Googly Moogly : LVL 4: VP 1.3: said:

Great Googly Moogly

0 votes NegativePositive

294 days 13 hours ago...

I bet you`ll praise it when its the only device capable of shooting down an impending meteor shower doom. (Ace combat 6 reference there)

They do have these on Battleships already, they divert power from the diesel engines to the guns to fire.

For all the DIY ppl, google `Coilgun` if you want to make your own Railgun.

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