US Navy Railgun Their Most Powerful Cannon
This is the US Militarys most powerful cannon the Electromagnetic Railgun, which can shoot up to 100 nautical miles at mach 7. 5 and impacting the target at mach 5, using only energy as its propellant. The highvelocity projectile will destroy land, sea, and air purely from its kinetic energy, rather than with conventional explosives warheads. The Rail Gun is a 32megajoule electromagnetic laboratory rail gun being evaluated by the US Office of Naval Research, Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department.
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