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Originally Posted by Seaver
While in the Navy ROTC program we had an officer in the program for the Rail Gun, added to that here at UT we have a working Rail gun which is used for research.
The Rail Gun is currently being tested by the Navy. Yes, they use Tungsten, it's about 8-12" long, basically a tungsten rod with a pointed end and little fins that are intended to pop out after firing.
Anyways the Navy fired one into the desert a couple miles away, onto a concrete target on the ground. I cant say how successful, it's classified, but let me tell you it puts 155mm howitzer to shame.... and it's just metal, no explosives.
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And with the new power supply they are supposed to be working on for the new DDX class Destroyers, they will have all the energy they need. From what I hear, these things are going to be SICK. Now what I REALLY want to see, is a supercavitating version of the sucker for sub hunting. We've already broken the sound barrier underwater with supercavitaion. Can you imagine what a mach 2+ round would do to a sub. Gives me shivers just to think about it.