"Tests For The U.S. Navy's Railgun Are Accelerating" Topic
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Tango01 | 22 May 2017 2:50 p.m. PST |
"The US Navy railgun program is making great technical progress according to the Office of Naval Research program manager Tom Boucher. The Navy is now working towards installing railguns at permanent land-based test sites which would provide more and better data for fewer dollars than an ad hoc installation aboard a repurposed fast transport. New 32-megajoule railguns have been installed and fired in Virginia and New Mexico…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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PMC317 | 23 May 2017 1:49 a.m. PST |
Railguns on ships by 2030. Probably sooner. Railguns and laser weapon systems as standard by 2040s. |
Gunfreak | 23 May 2017 7:22 a.m. PST |
Air force has had railguns since 2003 on their Prometheus class battle cruisers and later the deadalous class battleships too. |
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