Most powerful gun ever.

[winnre]

...The futuristic gun was tested twice at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Va., and the first shot generated 33 megajoules of force out of the barrel, a world record for muzzle energy, the scientists said.

One megajoule is a unit of energy roughly equal to the energy generated by a 1-ton vehicle moving at 100 MPH.

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[Fjold]

Why wouldn't the firing tube of an ICBM be the most powerful?

[UBFRAGD]

8200fps.......

[rob1105]

cool

[winnre]

Why wouldn't the firing tube of an ICBM be the most powerful?

Because that is self propelled. This projectile starts slowing down the second it leaves the barrel.

[brassballs]

By 2025, the Navy wants to be able to fire the gun at 64 megajoules, making it capable of sending a bullet 200 miles in six minutes, scientists said.

Instead, the slug obliterates whatever it hits by sheer force of impact, hence the Navy's Latin motto for the project, "velocitas eradico." Translation: Speed destroys.

Navy scientists set a world record Friday during a test of an electromagnetic railgun, a tractor-trailer sized weapon that sends a 20-pound projectile rocketing through the air at seven times the speed of sound.

Can you imagine a 200 mile shot!!!!!!!!

20 lbs hitting anywear near your target at that speed, Wow!

We are getting closer to "beam me up scotty" every day.