Navy's 'Star Wars' weapon ...penetrates concrete 100 MILES away

www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | Updated: 12:56 EST, 15 February 2016 | By Ellie Zolfagharifard

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Navy's 'Star Wars' weapon could be used on a new stealth warship: Gun that penetrates concrete 100 MILES away to be ready in 2018

Rail gun can fire a shell weighing 10kg at up to 5,400mph with such force that it penetrates three concrete walls

Weapon uses electricity instead of gunpowder to accelerate a projectile at six or seven times the speed of sound

Navy wants to skip an at-sea prototype in favor of installing an unit aboard one of its new Zumwalt-class destroyers

A radical new weapon that can fire a shell at seven times the speed of sound could be used by the Navy as soon as 2018.

Described as 'Star Wars technology' by researchers, the rail gun can fire a shell weighing 10kg at up to 5,400mph over 100 miles. It does this with such force and accuracy it penetrates three concrete walls or six half-inch thick steel plates.

Development of a futuristic weapon is going well enough that a Navy admiral wants to skip an at-sea prototype in favor of installing an operational unit aboard one of its new Zumwalt-class destroyers.

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