News in Brief: The Big Bad (Rail)Gun
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This week the Navy conducted tests of a new weapon that comes directly from the minds of science fiction authors: the railgun. It's a really big gun that can propel a projectile at nearly the speed of light - and it doesn't use any kind of explosive to do it.
How it works is a magnetic 'bullet' is set between two rails - hence the name - which are then charged with a powerful electromagnetic current that flings the 'bullet' at a fantastic speed.
You've probably heard of these before - they featured in the movie "Eraser." They've been 'in work' for a few decades now. Apparently, we've finally got them into production.
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