A missile punch at bullet prices
Navy says that practical railguns -- guns that shoot projectiles using magnetic impulses rather than gunpowder -- might be deployable on ships as soon as 13 years from now. Shore bombardment from more than 200 miles away? Yowza! This is total sci-fi stuff. Now, where's my hovercar?
Jan 17, 2007 in 47 Wonders Of The World | Comment (1)
And just think of all the collateral damage they can do if their targeting, at 200 mile range, is off by even half a percent. :-P