Well, here is the next in my series on Weapons. The Navy recently successfully tested a Rail gun. For those of you who aren't familiar with how a rail gun works, here is a short definition from Wikipedia:
A railgun is a form of gun that converts electrical energy (rather than the more conventional chemical energy from an explosive propellant) into projectile kinetic energy. It is not to be confused with a coilgun (Gauss gun).
Not only is this very cool technology, but it is safer,cheaper and will make warships firing from the sea more effective. With conventional type guns Navy ships can only fire about 15 miles, not including Tomahawk missiles which can go further. These rail guns can fire the equivalent of a Ford Taurus about 200 miles at a speed of around 380 mph! The rail gun projectiles do not even require an explosive to detonate upon impact. The force behind them is so great they can do plenty of damage without a warhead, even bring down buildings. I look forward to seeing improvements on the prototype and watching them in action against certain "enemy combatants".
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