US Navy To Publicly Show Their Amazing Railgun For The First Time Ever

US Navy To Publicly Show Their Amazing Railgun For The First Time Ever

Video: The US Navy will publicly show their formidable railgun at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo in Washington DC on 4 February. The electromagnetic cannon launches solid projectiles over 100 nautical miles at more than six times the speed of sound. You can see it in action above.

They will test it on board this weird high speed ship in 2016:

US Navy To Publicly Show Their Amazing Railgun For The First Time Ever


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