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US tests electromagnetic cannon: Voice of Russia
The US Navy successfully tested an electromagnetic cannon capable of firing a projectile 200 kilometers at five times the speed of sound on Friday.
Tested at the Navy's Dahlgren Surface Warfare Center in Virginia, the futuristic weapon uses powerful jolts of electric current to propel a non-explosive slug along rails before launching it at supersonic velocities.
The latest test involved a 33-megajoule shot, the most powerful ever
The US Navy successfully tested an electromagnetic cannon capable of firing a projectile 200 kilometers at five times the speed of sound on Friday.
Tested at the Navy's Dahlgren Surface Warfare Center in Virginia, the futuristic weapon uses powerful jolts of electric current to propel a non-explosive slug along rails before launching it at supersonic velocities.
The latest test involved a 33-megajoule shot, the most powerful ever
