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To: Threepwood
Funny you should mention that...Jane's Defense Weekly mentioned in early 2002 that the US Army was looking at manportable LASERS for air defense. A manportable railgun ought to be equally feasible...
7 posted on 07/27/2003 1:31:42 PM PDT by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
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To: Poohbah
Sounds good to me. I wonder what the federal government here would say if I tried to register a electromagnetic railgun? I wonder if I'd even have to. Mind you, hitting an Elk with a projectile moving at 4km/sec might make the taxidermist's job a bit tricky...
9 posted on 07/27/2003 1:35:20 PM PDT by Threepwood
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To: Poohbah
The Navy's looking into this as well.
13 posted on 07/27/2003 1:42:27 PM PDT by Tree of Liberty
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