Electromagnetic Rail Cannon

[River_Rat_459]

From Defensetech.org

Killer Drone Builder General Atomics Builds Killer Electromagnetic Rail Cannon

One of the more intriguing new technologies spotted at this week’s Navy League Sea-Air-Space Expo was General Atomics’ electromagnetic rail cannon. The company has been working for a number of years with the Office of Naval Research on a 200 nautical mile gun system. In a parallel effort, they’ve been developing a smaller, pulse-power technology demonstrator, called the “Blitzer,” for ship defense against anti-ship cruise missiles and small boat swarms.

Two million amps launch a guided projectile at twice the speed of a conventional gun, but at much lower cost than the usual surface-to-air missile systems outfitting most naval ships. General Atomics is working on a cannon that can launch an airburst round at a rate of one per second. Each round dispenses sub-projectiles, so its equivalent to firing 14,000 rounds a minute, which is a higher rate of fire than the Phalanx close-in weapons system, says Tom Hurn, General Atomics director of advanced weapons systems.

– Greg Grant

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[wolfoftheage]

THATS AWESOME!!!!!

[Simmion_1]

reminds me of Metal Gear Solid 4

[ASignorelli]

LIES!

[Timmy_2_Tones]

Where can I get one? Seriously, i would mount it on the new Dodge. :mrgreen:

[Guest]

Where can I get one? Seriously, i would mount it on the new Dodge. :mrgreen:

Dodge???? :o :shock: Thought you where a Ford man??? :?

[Timmy_2_Tones]

I am a Ford man only because I own the '84 F-250... I would not, AT ALL, consider buying a new Ford. :roll:

[Guest]

AHHHH....not me Ford all they way.

[Timmy_2_Tones]

AHHHH....not me Ford all they way.

To each his own my friend. LOL! I just prefer Dodge over any of them as far as new vehicles go.

[MaximusR3]

Timmy prefers a Dodge because of the irony when he runs someone over

[Timmy_2_Tones]

Timmy prefers a Dodge because of the irony when he runs someone over

Shhhhhhh... Dont tell everyone.

[ASignorelli]

h e already did Timmy... he already did...

[Timmy_2_Tones]

In all actuality I have only run down 19 people intentionally. The other 13, according to the police reports, were "accidental".

[MaximusR3]

a picture of timmy's old car

[Timmy_2_Tones]

Where did you find that I thought it was encrypted on my hard drive.... Anyway, that was like this BC2 stat tracker, it hasn't updated for a while.

[Guest]

In all actuality I have only run down 19 people intentionally. The other 13, according to the police reports, were "accidental".

And they should stay off the Damn sidewalk!!!!!!!

[Timmy_2_Tones]

[quote=A-25TH-ID-VET]

In all actuality I have only run down 19 people intentionally. The other 13, according to the police reports, were "accidental".

And they should stay off the Damn sidewalk!!!!!!! [/quote:6ocv9d2h]
Exactly, these people think that a sidewalk is for walking, when in reality it is a secondary road!