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Rail Gun; R&D on the rail gun
Topic Started: Sun Oct 13, 2013 3:40 am (311 Views)
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Video 1: MACH 10 Rail Gun Prototype build by European BAE for US Navy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa_vuX5_oAk

Video 2: Railgun Update from General Atomics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEmgSpJK9qQ
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US Navy unveils rail gun that fires at seven times speed of sound

18 DAYS AGO APRIL 09, 2014 10:58AM

THE US Navy has unveiled a rail gun that fires at seven times the speed of sound — noting that “there’s not a thing in the sky that’s going to survive.”
The rail gun is designed to take out incoming missiles — or possibly aircraft.

It uses an electromagnetic pulse to propel a projectile down the barrel, creating a fireball of molten steel.
The projectile sheds layers of its steel cladding to turn first of all into a a forearm-length missile then finally into a smaller slug that punches a hole in its target.

As shown in a video released for the first time today, it smashes into a dummy warhead that represents an incoming missile. The force of the impact creates an explosion.

“An electromagnetic rail gun is a gun that uses just electricity — no gun powder — and, oh, by the way, can shoot a projectile like this, well over 100 miles (160km) at Mach 7,” Chief of Naval Research, Rear Admiral Matthew Klunder, from the Office of Naval Research, told CBS News.

“So think about that. A slug that big — a slug that big going Mach 7 puts a hole through six half-inch steel plates,” he added.
“There’s not a thing in the sky that’s going to survive against that.”.. a high-speed camera captures the impact of the projectile from an electromagnetic rail gun smashing into a dummy warhead.
The projectile also pierced three reinforced concrete walls during testing at a top-secret navy base in Dahlgren, Virginia.

The US Navy has missiles that perform the same feats, but at the cost of millions of dollars each, whereas the electromagnetic rail gun costs about $25,000.
“I think that’s a pretty good deterrent message to our adversaries out there that want to threaten our nation,” Klunder said. “I think they’re going to think long and hard about do I even want to engage the United States of America with the threat knowing that we’ve got a rail gun system now that will take anything out of the sky that they’re going to send at us.”
The rounds weigh only 10.4kg, which means they can be stored aboard ships by the hundreds.

“Someone may be sending a multimillion-dollar missile at us, and I’m going to take it out with a $25,000 projectile round,” Klunder said. “I’ll take that trade every single day.”
The rail gun is due to go on board a navy vessel for testing in 2016. The cost of its development is $240 million in the past 10 years.
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Blitzer Railgun by General Atomics



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