Geoff S Fein, Press release: Navy Sets New World Record With Latest
Electromagnetic Railgun Demo. Office of Naval Research, US Navy, Dec. 10,
2010. http://www.onr.navy.mil/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2010/Electromagnetic-Railgun-New-Record.aspx
My comment:
(a) fantastic (adj):
"1a: based on fantasy : not real * * *
c: so extreme as to challenge belief : UNBELIEVABLE"
www.m-w.com
(b) railgun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railgun
, whose reference 2 is
Brendan Borrell, Electromagnetic Railgun Blasts Off; A supersonic bullet is
fired with a record-breaking 10 megajoules of muzzle energy. Technology
Review (MIT), Feb. 6, 2008. http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20164/?nlid=857&a=f
(a seven-pound bullet)
(c) A gun (including cannon) and projectiles (such as bullets and cannon
balls) have been based on the same principle (using explosion to propel a
bullet) since their invention in China. See
history of cannon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon
