Navy Sets World Record With Incredible, Sci-Fi Weapon

Originally Posted by Platapus

I don't think a rail gun would work for long range inland bombardment.

Not in the first examples of a weapon of this type.
But just as the V1 was a 'launch it and hope it hits something valuable thingy'?
It was the Grand-Daddy of the Cruise Missiles we know and love today.
There's alot of advantages to Rail-Guns even at this stage.
No powder charges to carry that might go 'Boom' at the wrong time is just one that comes to mind.