VIDEO: Navy Railgun Successfully Fires Multi-Shot Salvos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSce3nEY6xk

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) demonstrates the Navy’s electromagnetic railgun initial rep-rate fires of multi-shot salvos at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. The revolutionary railgun relies on a massive electrical pulse, rather than gunpowder or other chemical propellants, to launch projectiles at distances over 100 nautical miles “ and at speeds that exceed Mach 6. (U.S. Navy video/Released)

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