Rail Gun

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Rail Gun

Normally, new weaponry tends to make defense more expensive. But the Navy likes to say its new railgun delivers the punch of a missile at bullet prices. “ The railgun works by sending electric current along parallel rails. It creates an electromagnetic force so powerful it can fire a metal projectile at tremendous speed. Because the gun uses electricity, not gunpowder, to fire projectiles, it's safer, eliminating the possibility of explosions. Instead of gunpowder, a powerful electric pulse generator is used. The basic concept of the weapon demonstrated at Dahlgren yesterday may be familiar to many from science fiction. Futuristic space man Buck Rogers used a sort of railgun in a sci-fi novel. In the film "Eraser," Arnold Schwzenegger uncovers a plot to sell a railgun to terrorists. Railguns are also portrayed in the "Stargate" TV series and in many video games, including "Halo 2." ” I guess it's about time for congressioanl democrats to cut funding on this deal, if the past is any indicator.  Here's the story passed on to me by Stoo Pid.