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Video: Navy's new rail gun

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:35 pm
by lawrnk

Re: Video: Navy's new rail gun

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:02 pm
by JRG
Now THAT would be tough to carry concealed!!

JRG

Re: Video: Navy's new rail gun

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:39 pm
by anygunanywhere
JRG wrote:Now THAT would be tough to carry concealed!!

JRG
You can OC rifles in Texas and I think that would be closer to a rifle than a handgun.
:cool:
Anygun

Re: Video: Navy's new rail gun

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:25 pm
by KBCraig
If it's a rail gun, where does the fireball come from?

Re: Video: Navy's new rail gun

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:45 pm
by Xander
KBCraig wrote:If it's a rail gun, where does the fireball come from?
IIRC, it's the result of the ablation of both the bore and the projectile from the immense amounts of heat that are generated.

Re: Video: Navy's new rail gun

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:37 am
by Mike1951
OK, had to look that one up.

Main Entry: ab·la·tion
Pronunciation: \a-ˈblÄ?-shÉ™n\
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
: the process of ablating: as a: surgical removal b: loss of a part (as ice from a glacier or the outside of a nose cone) by melting or vaporization

Re: Video: Navy's new rail gun

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:33 am
by anygunanywhere
The fireball is from impact on the target. This is a kinetic energy weapon - no explosives.

Anygun

Re: Video: Navy's new rail gun

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:08 pm
by frankie_the_yankee
The link seems to have stopped working.

Re: Video: Navy's new rail gun

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:16 pm
by Keith B
frankie_the_yankee wrote:The link seems to have stopped working.
Still working for me Frankie. Maybe it was just a temporary glitch.

Re: Video: Navy's new rail gun

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:34 pm
by stevie_d_64
I might just re-enlist just to watch this up close!

I loved NGFS...I miss it terribly...Making things go away from 20 miles plus just brings joy and happiness to this pre-middle-aged rustpicker...

This is just a slicker way to do it...