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Title: Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, Post by: Alucard on 14/12/2010, 08:05 AM http://video.foxnews.com/v/4454912/navy-tests-electromagnetic-railgun/ (http://video.foxnews.com/v/4454912/navy-tests-electromagnetic-railgun/)
wow Title: Re: Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, Post by: Azza on 14/12/2010, 08:41 AM Thats insane......7 times faster then the speed of light
Title: Re: Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, Post by: DonutKing on 14/12/2010, 08:59 AM Thats insane......7 times faster then the speed of light I knew that einstein dude was a hack Title: Re: Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, Post by: Vert on 14/12/2010, 09:46 AM Speed of sound ~330m/s on Earth in air.
Speed of light = 300 000 000m/s. Title: Re: Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, Post by: bageled on 14/12/2010, 09:51 AM gotta love those damn yankees :)
Title: Re: Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, Post by: Ametros on 14/12/2010, 09:54 AM Thats insane......7 times faster then the speed of light Seven times speed of sound, actually. According to Einstein, it's impossible to reach the speed of light as you need to have infinite energy to do so. Even getting close to the speed of light would be considered unachievable. Title: Re: Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, Post by: Jakes2142 on 14/12/2010, 10:56 AM it doesn't look practical yet :)
Title: Re: Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, Post by: Number One on 14/12/2010, 06:42 PM If all goes well, a fully operational 64 MJ future system would fire its 15-20 kg projectile at speeds above Mach 7 (sea level), and it would hit targets up to 500 km/ 300 miles away while still traveling at about Mach 5.
On Friday December 10th, 2010 BAE Systems tested an experimental Electromagnetic Railgun launcher developed for the Office of Naval Research and showed of the firing potential to some top Navy brass at Dahlgren Weapons Station in Virginia. The highly-publicized shot measured 33-megajoules (MJ) of muzzle energy, almost tripling the previous world record of 10.64 MJ set in January of 2008. To offer some perspective, a one-ton vehicle moving at 100 MPH equals a single MJ of energy. BAE, in partenership with SAIC and IAP Research, got the $21million development contract for the system back in February 2009. BAE reached out to us here at DefenseTech and Military.com this morning with some semi-exclusive video of the test fire. (Update: Well, it was exclusive. It’s now on YouTube as well.) – Glenn Anderson Read more: http://defensetech.org/#ixzz184pvZEt6 Defense.org http://defensetech.org/ http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/bae-producing-scaleddown-rail-gun-naval-weapon-01986/ (http://media.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/ORD_Rail_Gun_BAE_Model_lg.jpg) Title: Re: Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, Post by: Alucard on 14/12/2010, 09:00 PM Thats insane......7 times faster then the speed of light hahahaha mate that would be warp 7 :-* Title: Re: Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, Post by: DonutKing on 14/12/2010, 09:07 PM LUDICROUS SPEED
THEY'VE GONE TO PLAID http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFqbAGqKTsE Title: Re: Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, Post by: Ametros on 14/12/2010, 10:16 PM LUDICROUS SPEED THEY'VE GONE TO PLAID http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFqbAGqKTsE Oh yeah?? Nothing beats THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLlUgilKqms Title: Re: Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, Post by: Damit on 15/12/2010, 04:35 PM i already know there plans for it aswell
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs9/i/2006/015/f/5/Metal_Gear_Rex_Final_Renders_by_Puckducker.jpg) Title: Re: Navy's prototype rail gun projectile hits mach 7 at 33 megajoules, Post by: Sgt.fatman on 15/12/2010, 04:42 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeV0XB-w_yM
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