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From: JOHANNA BURWELL-KALES <burwell@******.EDU>
Subject: Re: Rail guns...
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 15:29:31 -0800
Hey, anyone on here get the new issue of popular sience? There is
an article written in it about the military's new railgun technology.
The electricity propels the discarding sabot-round out of the barrel
ofthe tank at 10-meters per second. No propellent, no ammo explosions,
and automatic loading. imagine this being on our tanks real soon along
with the vectored thrust f-14's and f-18's being tested now. The ones
without tails seem to have flown real smooth to the air force.
Check it out, Firepower'll like this.

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