>   I want one of these   and I would love to see a video

John Dom, a rocket man in Sswitzerland, says:


> Navy fires world's most powerful railgun
Feb. 1, 2008...

Wiki is very up to date on this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railgun

Here's your video. Note the ablative blunt sabot cooling. It 
looks like an
ICBM RV.
http://gizmodo.com/351467/navy-rail-gun-test-destroys-everything-it-touches-
at-5640-mph

This URL has a peel open version sabot separation picture 
(or photo
imitation)
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/bae-producing-scaleddown-rail-gun-naval-
weapon-01986/

I have a problem believing a spike of heat resistant metal 
to cause much
damage. There must be more to it to make it dissipate its 
kinetic energy on
a target.

jd


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