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17. Proud National Railgun Association member checking in!

Wed Feb 29, 2012, 09:48 PM

Feb 2012

My home library sports more than 30 years' back isses of Scientific American Rifleman.

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Naval Railgun prototype undergoes first tests... [View all] Fumesucker Feb 2012 OP

Oh boy, now everyone can hunt for sustenance! rfranklin Feb 2012 #1

We rock at creating things to mash people into goo....nt Evasporque Feb 2012 #2

Pretty cool tularetom Feb 2012 #3

Jobs. L0oniX Feb 2012 #4

As an old tincan sailor, that's kinda cool.. denbot Feb 2012 #5

What do you make of the wobble in the projectile? Ready4Change Feb 2012 #6

i think the wobble comes in after it blasts through the wall Motown_Johnny Feb 2012 #7

The projectile is somewhat oddly shaped. denbot Feb 2012 #10

I think that that projectile is for safety in testing. TheWraith Feb 2012 #21

Lets have some fun with this Motown_Johnny Feb 2012 #8

Or shooting down enemy satellites Hugabear Feb 2012 #9

less fun Motown_Johnny Feb 2012 #11

Depends on your definition of fun... JSnuffy Mar 2012 #25

For every action...... Motown_Johnny Feb 2012 #13

Similar ideas have been in the ether for a long time. TheWraith Feb 2012 #16

This is the first practical working model that I am aware of Motown_Johnny Feb 2012 #18

This is the first working on on this scale, sure. TheWraith Feb 2012 #20

True Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #22

Here's the problem krispos42 Feb 2012 #19

minor details Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #23

Even going up the side of a mountain isn't particularly steep. krispos42 Mar 2012 #27

We can use it to send up building supplies for Newt's moonbase! JVS Mar 2012 #26

Green death Zanzoobar Feb 2012 #14

Very cool. greytdemocrat Feb 2012 #15

Proud National Railgun Association member checking in! slackmaster Feb 2012 #17

Will Rogers said it best pokerfan Mar 2012 #24