Demonstration of the Navy Electromagnetic Rail Gun prototype

Author: dmine45

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Duration: 3:8

Description: The US Navy's Electromagnetic Rail Gun that is under development at NSWC Dahlgren in Virginia. This is a prototype to demonstrate the technology of the rail gun for use on the future DDG-1000 class of Navy ships. This clip is from the show FutureWeapons on the Discovery Channel. It aired in April 2007.

Channel: Tech

Tags: dahlgren  ddg-1000  electromagnetic  future  futureweapons  gun  navy  nswc  rail  railgun  weapons 

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