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A comment on Navy’s Mach 8 Railgun Obliterates Record (w/ video).

Re:Navy’s Mach 8 Railgun Obliterates Record (w/ video) by iwr on Saturday December 11, 2010 @06:32AM (#1994645)
For a fraction of the cost of an electric gun, they could have built a light-gas gun with better capabilities.
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Re:Navy’s Mach 8 Railgun Obliterates Record (w/ video) by ollysb on Saturday December 11, 2010 @09:37AM (#1994864)
One of the stated benefits is that they don't need to carry explosives on board. A gas gun would not have this advantage.
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