http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/12/video-navys-mach-8-railgun-obliterates-record/

5500 ft/sec

Funny how it uses no propellant but the magnetic forces and velocity of the projectile causes a plasma trail to follow the projectile out of the gun. THAT IS POWER! All those HUGE cables feeding electricity to that weapon!

YOW! WHO PAYS THEIR POWER BILL???

Oops should have been Velocitas Eradico...typing too fast
thinking too slow...

Hahaha...who pays their electricity? we do!

That gives me a stiffy.........

Let's use it on Iran and N. Korea.

I am not sure where the program is at but there was a plasma weapon that took a piece of aluminum wire and melted it and used a rail gun to project the plasma like a "heavy laser" beam. Instead of Photons it was supposed to use the aluminum atoms as projectiles in a beam. Theoretically it was not supposed to have the draw backs of a laser like reflection and range but it was a massive system requiring huge amounts of power to feed. BUT conversely the thing did a lot more than cut holes in targets. If that system could be perfected it would make anti missile technology more than a feasible reality! Setting up batteries of these weapons in a defensive field would mean that even submarine launched missiles would be just shot down whether it is a dummy or not.

Mount a couple of BIG ones on a satellite and shoot down everything they have in the skies, and not even have to send a flight of bombers. Just park a pair of death rays in orbit above n Korea and start blowing up everything they use to make weapons, sink ships in harbors, shoot down air craft, maybe even target a tactical nuke or 20 on their artillery fields.

Peace through superior firepower! Best policy is to have the better stick than the other guy!

I also love "Death From Above!" Let us bring the rain!