Secret warhead tested in helium-filled polytunnel It's been a big 24 hours for the US weapons-tech establishment in terms of making stuff go really fast. American war-boffins shot a railgun slug with ten megajoules of muzzle energy (and speed of Mach 7+)... ...full story at the register (uk)
from the register (uk) on Fri, Feb 01 2008
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US navy electro-cannon test successful » the register (uk) Hypersonic railgun slug breaks Mach 7 Video The US Navy's electromagnetic railgun project notched up a successful test yesterday. The radical new protoype weapon, operated by the the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, fired* shot a hypersonic... |
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| 23 Jul 08 |
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New Rifle Tech Offers Variable Muzzle Speed » slashdot Ponca City, We love you writes "A gun that fires variable-speed bullets that can be set to kill, wound, or just inflict a bruise is being built by a Lund and Company Invention, a toy design studio that makes toy rockets powered by burning hydrogen... |
| 26 Aug 08 |
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New diesel land speed record: 328 mph » digg SALT LAKE CITY - A British pilot broke a land-speed record for driving with a diesel engine, racing across the Bonneville Salt Flats at more than 325 mph. |
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US Navy to test-fire electric hypercannon » the register (uk) Record-breaking railgun crowdpleaser The US Navy will astound the world tomorrow by test-firing a radical new weapon system at an unprecedented power level. The new piece of war-tech on trial is that old sci-fi favourite, an electromagnetic railgun.… |
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