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Railguns Ahoy, Mates

Nov 28, 2010
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I oppose war and big defense spending. Yet I have to admit I love the gadgets.

http://www.navytimes.com/story/mili...ers-railgun-zumwalt-class-destroyer/80374120/

Development of a futuristic weapon depicted in video games and science fiction is going well enough that a Navy admiral wants to skip an at-sea prototype in favor of installing an operational unit aboard a destroyer planned to go into service in 2018.

The Navy has been testing an electromagnetic railgun and could have an operational unit ready to go on one of the new Zumwalt-class destroyers under construction at Bath Iron Works.

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All in the name of killing human beings. Safe to say it will never end.
 
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