Navy Will Install ‘Star Wars' Rail Gun Aboard Ship for Testing:
"The Navy will install a version of its electrical cannon on a ship this summer, though
the weapon will not be fired at sea for another two years.
Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Matt Klunder said the electromagnetic rail gun
will provide a relatively inexpensive, yet powerful, deterrent to enemies that will
complement, rather than replace, a ship's traditional ballistic missile and gunpowder
weapons."
See:
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.o...t.aspx?ID=1460
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Navy’s Magnetic Super Gun To Make Mach 7 Shots At Sea In 2016: Adm.
Greenert :
"23 pounds ain’t heavy. But it sure hurts when it hits you going at seven times
the speed of sound.
That’s what a prototype Navy weapon called a “rail gun” can do, and it does it
without a single gram of gunpowder or rocket fuel — just electricity. For many
missions, a rail gun is better not just than current cannon but than the laser
weapons the Navy is testing this summer in the Persian Gulf (I’ll explain why in a
minute). And, after years in development and hundreds of test shots on land —
see the video for a small sample of the destruction — the rail gun is finally going
to go to sea."
See:
http://breakingdefense.com/2014/04/n...-adm-greenert/