Railgun lives!

Oberon · 02-26-12, 09:50 AM

We all thought she was dead...but it looks like she still lives.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/02/rail-gun/

http://news.yahoo.com/navy-railgun-s...225700227.html

Rockstar · 02-26-12, 11:47 AM

Railgun, never heard of it before. Do you think they'll have them in stores by Xmas? Do they make an iPad app for them? I want one.

Torplexed · 02-26-12, 12:05 PM

Get sharks with frickin' railguns mounted on their heads and then we're talking.

Platapus · 02-26-12, 08:51 PM

That's almost 9,000 feet per second

billrowena · 02-26-12, 09:02 PM

i want one for my birthday

CaptainMattJ. · 02-27-12, 01:44 AM

i wonder when i can buy one for myself so i can hook it up to fire beer cans

TLAM Strike · 02-28-12, 09:43 PM

Defense Tech posted this video of it being fired.

http://defensetech.org/2012/02/28/vi...me/#more-16468

Is it me or does the sound the gun make at 0:22 sound strangely like this:

Task Force · 02-28-12, 09:53 PM

How long till I can buy one?!?!?!?!

02-28-12, 10:30 PM

2.5 Km/second at 32MJ

,no wonder there's a big ball of plasma coming out the front ,you Really don't want to be standing anywhere near one when it goes off!
it'll make life really interesting for anything coming over the horizon if and when they go operational..

TLAM Strike · 02-29-12, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darius359au

you Really don't want to be standing anywhere near one when it goes off!

I don't want to be standing far way from one either! This thing could really reach out and touch someone.

02-26-12, 09:50 AM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Railgun lives! We all thought she was dead...but it looks like she still lives. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/02/rail-gun/ http://news.yahoo.com/navy-railgun-s...225700227.html

02-26-12, 08:51 PM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	That's almost 9,000 feet per second __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-27-12, 01:44 AM	#6
CaptainMattJ. The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,364 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	i wonder when i can buy one for myself so i can hook it up to fire beer cans __________________ A popular Government without popular information nor the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives - James Madison

02-28-12, 09:43 PM	#7
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	Defense Tech posted this video of it being fired. http://defensetech.org/2012/02/28/vi...me/#more-16468 Is it me or does the sound the gun make at 0:22 sound strangely like this: __________________

02-28-12, 09:53 PM	#8
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	How long till I can buy one?!?!?!?! __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

02-26-12, 11:47 AM	#2
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Railgun, never heard of it before. Do you think they'll have them in stores by Xmas? Do they make an iPad app for them? I want one.

02-26-12, 12:05 PM	#3
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Get sharks with frickin' railguns mounted on their heads and then we're talking.

02-26-12, 09:02 PM	#5
billrowena Bilge Rat Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	i want one for my birthday

02-28-12, 10:30 PM	#9
darius359au Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	2.5 Km/second at 32MJ ,no wonder there's a big ball of plasma coming out the front ,you Really don't want to be standing anywhere near one when it goes off! it'll make life really interesting for anything coming over the horizon if and when they go operational..