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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Incredible, sci-fi railgun takes step toward reality

Navy Railgun 2008 Test

A theoretical dream for decades, the futuristic railgun -- which uses magnets to shoot bullets for hundreds of miles at speeds of up to Mach 7 -- just took another step toward reality.

Military supply company Raytheon announced Monday that it had been awarded a $10 million naval contract to develop a way to supply enough juice to power the whopping gun -- which could someday reshape naval warfare.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/30/incredible-sci-fi-railgun-takes-another-step-toward-reality/

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