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To: Forward the Light Brigade
...armed with rail guns... The whole idea of rail guns is very intriguing to me, but how would the necessary power be generated in a maritime environment, and aboard a fleet ship?
39 posted on 08/04/2016 11:01:22 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: gigster

Generator run from the ship’s gas turbines, I would assume.


43 posted on 08/05/2016 2:55:17 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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I believe that rail gun technology is basically the concept used in the electromagnetic catapaults installed on the carrier Gerald Ford.


44 posted on 08/05/2016 3:38:43 AM PDT by fredhead (Join the Navy and see the world.....77% of which is covered in water.)
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