Electromagnetic Gun Fired
6 February 2008, 14:31
Categories: military
Last week, the U.S. Navy tested an electromagnetic railgun, by firing a 3.2 kg (7 lbs.) aluminum projectile at a metal bunker. The gun uses an electric field, not explosives, to propel its projectiles. Traveling at seven times the speed of sound, shockwaves were witnessed. Aerodynamic drag, along with a million amps of current, heats the bullet to 1,000 °C, igniting aluminum particles and leaving a trail of flame in its wake.
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