A Railgun Revolution in the Navy’s Future?

With a 33-megajoule jolt, Navy scientists fired a projectile from an electromagnetic railgun with a muzzle velocity of Mach 7.  Navy officials claim that the Dec. 10 test firing at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Dahlgren, Va., was a world record. The concept is pretty simple. “The rail gun uses electricity instead of gun … Continue reading A Railgun Revolution in the Navy’s Future?