The US Navy successfully tested an electromagnetic cannon Friday at the Navy’s Dahlgren Surface Warfare Center in Virginia. The latest test of the cannon capable of firing a projectile 110 nautical miles at five times the speed of sound involved a 33-megajoule shot, the most powerful ever attempted and three times that of the previous test in January 2008.Read more from Yahoo.
Navy Test Fires Electromagnetic Cannon

The US Navy successfully tested an electromagnetic cannon Friday at the Navy’s Dahlgren Surface Warfare Center in Virginia. The latest test of the cannon capable of firing a projectile 110 nautical miles at five times the speed of sound involved a 33-megajoule shot, the most powerful ever attempted and three times that of the previous test in January 2008.Read more from Yahoo.


