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Re:US Navy's Railgun Now Undergoing Tests in New Mexico by xyzzy_plugh on Thursday June 27, 2019 @05:10PM (#20298795)
No, beyond the initial propellant. The projectile accelerates constantly (hand waving here) so it's a constant force on the origin (relative mass should make this a wash), whereas the projectile enjoys exponential velocity.

Two minutes is pretty short, I'm actually blown away. If only we could all charge our electric vehicles that quickly.

Re:US Navy's Railgun Now Undergoing Tests in New Mexico by frede on Thursday June 27, 2019 @05:21PM (#20298903)
Nitpick: the velocity grows linearly, not exponentially.