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Tau 'Rail Guns' a reality!

Postby IBBoard at 18 Jan 2007, 08:29

Something I just picked up of SlashDot is that the US Navy have succesfully tested a rail gun. Combine that with a light weight suit of body armour that the inventor claims can stop most bullets) and you've got the starts of a Crisis suit and/or Space Marines :D
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Postby Simguinus at 21 Jan 2007, 15:16

Plasma guns!

Well...almost. :D
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RE: Tau 'Rail Guns' a reality!

Postby IBBoard at 21 Jan 2007, 15:26

Not quite so destructive as a plasma gun (which tends to leave bits of person missing!) but it's interesting to see they are actually using plasma in it :)

It seems like some of these 'high-tech' weapons of sci-fi might not be all that far away!
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Re: Tau 'Rail Guns' a reality!

Postby IBBoard at 28 Jan 2008, 21:17

It's almost a year later, but apparently the US Navy have now taken a delivery of their first rail gun. BAE Systems has delivered the gun to the lab and it is now being set up for testing.

Apparently it is only 32 megajoules, and the final one the Navy wants is 64 megajoules, but I can imagine it is still quite destructive, especially when rounds from it will still reach Mach 8!

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