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Originally Posted by AwdGSX13
The navy is suppose to be designing some crazy rail gun, ill search for the article.
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Which will never see the light of day in our lifetime because of the massive amount of electrical power required, currently 3 million amps at 32 megajoules. They want to build one twice the size, 64 megajoules, 6 million amps. If they do find a way to power it on a destroyer then their next problem will be cooling it since it will literally melt when fired at the 6 rounds per minute rate which they are wanting.
World's Most Powerful Rail Gun Delivered to Navy -
http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,160195,00.html
NOT YOUR GRANDPA'S SHOOTIN' IRON: Rail Guns -
http://www.military.com/soldiertech/...lGuns,,00.html