Rail Gun: It's real! Navy test-fires first working prototype railgun

Gary Bass, of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Va., uses a crane to maneuver a 32-MJ version of the electromagnetic railgun prototype into place for testing. The railgun may someday be used to launch projectiles off ships at speeds overBy Spencer Ackerman The Navy came very, very close to losing its futuristic gun that shoots bullets with a giant electric charge. But while a congressional committee recommended axing the Electromagnetic Railgun in June, the program survived — even

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