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reply posted on 25-8-2004 @ 11:13 PM by ShadowXIX
Originally posted by Murcielago

Also it said it hit the gunners flak jacket? wouldn't it of went threw him? Kevlar isn't solid so it couldn't of rickashade? Any thoughts





''The round pierced the left kidney area of the gunner’s flak jacket. According to the damage report, “The gunner said it
felt like someone hit him in the back with a hammer.”

It looks more like it was a side strike the article said it slightly injured the gunner seems if he was sitting a few inches farther back it would have went right threw him. Because this was the damage after it hit the vest





reply posted on 28-8-2004 @ 07:00 PM by pushkin
Originally posted by mad scientist


The U.S. Navy is preparing to break ground on a program dedicated to testing the science behind electromagnetic rail guns.

The Navy will begin the construction of a new building devoted to the project this summer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Dahlgren, Va.

The Navy said it hopes it can develop an electromagnetic rail gun by 2010, and possibly deploy it aboard the electric-powered DD-X destroyer. Rail guns require a pulse power system to get instant electrical charges needed to accelerate projectiles to hypersonic velocities. Its rapid flight time and 200-kilometer range make these guns a tempting option for future naval weapons.

Researchers at Dahlgren will be studying the power supply, pulse forming networks and the rails themselves, said Naval Sea Systems Command spokesman David Caskey.


www.nationaldefensemagazine.org...


Sorry but this news olready was in this forum:
www.abovetopsecret.com...
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