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United States Navy has a railgun

2007-01-18, 5:26 AM #41

Darkjedibob

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Originally posted by lassev:

Somehow railguns don't look like such complicated technology that others couldn't copy them after the US has used them for a while (and proved they are succesful).

As long as we get them first

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2007-01-18, 6:12 AM #42

Draco_Zandros

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Hell, I saw one on British tv years back, only short range like but still it was a working model. Never did hear what happened to it.

2007-01-18, 6:46 AM #43

CaveDemon

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Ehh, railguns are not complicated technology. It's just magnets. I've made a railgun myself, which could fire a nail through sheet metal

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2007-01-18, 6:51 AM #44

kyle90

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Posts: 8,450

They're one of those things, like fusion reactors or cruise missiles, that can be cooked up in your garage if you really want to, but it seems nobody ever does.

This guy has a nice homemade railgun: http://www.powerlabs.org/

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