Archived US Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun Test Firing a High Velocity Projectile (youtube.com)
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Archived US Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun Test Firing a High Velocity Projectile (youtube.com)
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[–] RUSTYMILL ago
This weapon is currently being designed for the US navy's new ship the USS zumwalt. One of the major challenges the teams working on this are trying to overcome are the gun being so powerful it tears the barrel up with each launch. The explosive fireball you see when the projectile leaves the barrel shoots is from the metal of the barrel itself. Remember no gunpowder was used to fire it.