Zomg BFG

[The_Canuck]

PH34r t3H PwN4ge!!

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Navy test fired the world's most powerful electromagnetic railgun Thursday, launching a projectile at a velocity of 2,500 meters per second, or 5,600 miles per hour, into a bunker.The test marks the latest step in US efforts to develop a futuristic naval gun that can hit a target more than 200 nautical miles away with a non-explosive slug traveling at between five and seven times the speed of sound.


Instead of chemical propellants, the railgun uses electromagnetic energy to propel a slug along rails before launching it at a velocity of about Mach 7, officials said.

[Rockefella]

So.. ?


The new GTR goes faster.

[werty]

so

if they miss the target, the "projectile" could swing around earth and hit them in the butt...did I understand this correctly

[clutch-monkey]

i guess it would only work on ships, seems like you'd need a massive power source to use one..
whats the projectile made of?

So.. ?


The new GTR goes faster.

LOL

[Coventrysucks]

whats the projectile made of?

American Hubris.

Devastating to anything that gets in the way.

[Rockefella]

American Hubris.

Devastating to anything that gets in the way.

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[magracer]

So.. ?


The new GTR goes faster.

Well, it doesn't really go faster, but it does turn faster!

[baddabang]

I need one of these for next hunting season.

[whiteballz]

Saw this thing on "future weapons" they actually are working on sized one that will fit on a humvee, but the main problem is the power source.

[clutch-monkey]

^ yeah, and once the power source problem is solved to the point where you can power a railgun, there'll likely be a whole new bunch of weapons available anyway, lol

[bruxell]

So.. ?


The new GTR goes faster.

Yeah, but only on a race track, and then Nissan will void the warranty.

American Hubris.

Devastating to anything that gets in the way.

I don’t really see this as being strictly in the American Hubris school of thought. This weapon, you see, is target-able, something American military higher-ups are just figuring out a use for… Honestly, what the heck? You liberate one country from an oppressive dictator, and get blamed when the country goes nuts at the first sign of freedom and starts killing each other. Who knew?
And seriously, you’re living in what’s left of the British Empire, it’s not as if, they just went out and found the Empire! It wasn’t just sitting there. Then English went out and conquered it. GWB was an absolute moron for getting our country into that war (Note: I’m also willing to entertain theories that he’s an evil genius who profited from that war at the expense of his country and others.) but it’s not as if “we” went there to conquer.

[Coventrysucks]

I don’t really see this as being strictly in the American Hubris school of thought. This weapon, you see, is target-able, something American military higher-ups are just figuring out a use for… Honestly, what the heck? You liberate one country from an oppressive dictator, and get blamed when the country goes nuts at the first sign of freedom and starts killing each other. Who knew?
And seriously, you’re living in what’s left of the British Empire, it’s not as if, they just went out and found the Empire! It wasn’t just sitting there. Then English went out and conquered it. GWB was an absolute moron for getting our country into that war (Note: I’m also willing to entertain theories that he’s an evil genius who profited from that war at the expense of his country and others.) but it’s not as if “we” went there to conquer.

See, even the merest mention of the substance can strip people of their sense of humour and make comments full of overbearing pride, self confidence or arrogance!

We're all doomed.

[ruim20]

A shame some ppl keep on glorifyng war and everything related to it.

[Cotterik]

dear lord. the koreans better develop some sort of quake-style armour for this

[Turbo.Jenkens]

Glad to see what my Gov't is doing with my tax dollars . Seems pretty pointless to make a super expensive gun with a 200 mile range when the Navy has had cruise missiles with > 1000 mile range for 25 years.